The Neuropeptide 26RFa (QRFP) and Its Role in the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis: A Mini-Review

QRFP and Its Receptors Regulate Locomotor Activity and Sleep in Zebrafish

(2016) A. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The effects of high fat diet and estradiol on hypothalamic prepro-QRFP mRNA expression in female rats

(2016) Allyson L. Schreiber et al.   NEUROPEPTIDES

QRFP-43 inhibits lipolysis by preventing ligand-induced complex formation between perilipin A, caveolin-1, the catalytic subunit of protein kinase and hormone-sensitive lipase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

(2015) Mukandila Mulumba et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS

Effects of direct QRFP-26 administration into the medial hypothalamic area on food intake in rats

(2015) Olga Zagorácz et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

Hypothalamic Neuropeptide 26RFa Acts as an Incretin to Regulate Glucose Homeostasis

(2015) Gaëtan Prévost et al.   DIABETES

Genome wide identification of new genes and pathways in patients with both autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetes

(2015) Yaron Tomer et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

QRFP-26 enhances insulin's effects on glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle cells

(2015) Timothy D. Allerton et al.   PEPTIDES

Orexin receptors exert a neuroprotective effect in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) via heterodimerization with GPR103

(2015) Julie Davies et al.   Scientific Reports

RFamide Peptides 43RFa and 26RFa Both Promote Survival of Pancreatic  -Cells and Human Pancreatic Islets but Exert Opposite Effects on Insulin Secretion

(2014) R. Granata et al.   DIABETES

Pathophysiology and treatment of type 2 diabetes: perspectives on the past, present, and future

(2013) Steven E Kahn et al.   LANCET

Orexigenic Neuropeptide 26RFa: New Evidence for an Adaptive Profile of Appetite Regulation in Anorexia Nervosa

(2012) Bogdan Galusca et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The RFamide neuropeptide 26RFa and its role in the control of neuroendocrine functions

(2011) Nicolas Chartrel et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Identification, Localization, and Function of a Novel Avian Hypothalamic Neuropeptide, 26RFa, and Its Cognate Receptor, G Protein-Coupled Receptor-103

(2010) Kazuyoshi Ukena et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

GPR103b Functions in the Peripheral Regulation of Adipogenesis

(2010) Mukandila Mulumba et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Suppression of QRFP 43 in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus of Long-Evans rats fed a high-fat diet

(2009) Bernard Beck et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The Orexigenic Activity of the Hypothalamic Neuropeptide 26RFa Is Mediated by the Neuropeptide Y and Proopiomelanocortin Neurons of the Arcuate Nucleus

(2009) Benoît Lectez et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the first non-mammalian 26RFa/QRFP orthologue in Goldfish, Carassius auratus

(2009) Yun Liu et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pyroglutamylated RFamide Peptide 43 Stimulates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis via Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Rats

(2008) Sejal R. Patel et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Central administration of the RFamide peptides, QRFP-26 and QRFP-43, increases high fat food intake in rats

(2008) Stefany D. Primeaux et al.   PEPTIDES