STUDIES ON THE NATURE OF MAMMALIAN HYPOTHALAMIC THYROTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE USING IMMUNOCHEMICAL, CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND ENZYMIC TECHNIQUES
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SUMMARY Hypothalamic extracts from three mammalian species (rat, rabbit and sheep) were found to contain several ng of immunoreactive thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH)-like activity. This substance chromatographed on ion exchange chromatography (carboxymethyl cellulose) as a single peak that was indistinguishable from synthetic TRH. Hypothalamic TRH was also inactivated by normal human plasma at a rate (1·21–1·46%/μl plasma/h and 1·59–1·77%/50 μl plasma/min) similar to that of synthetic TRH (1·42%/μl plasma/h and 1·73%/50 μl plasma/min). This combination of chromatographic and enzymic techniques can be applied to the identification of immunoreactive TRH in body fluids.
1967 ◽
Vol 140
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pp. 371-374
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1964 ◽
Vol 80
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pp. 594-600
2006 ◽
Vol 30
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pp. 138-146
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