A number of polypeptidic hormones, mainly expressed in the intestine or the pancreas, belong to a group of these structurally related peptides.

Other closely related peptides include patellamides B, C, and D and trunkamide.

It encodes a protein known as CGRP (calcitonin gene related peptide).

Several other closely related peptides with important actions in the body include Tyr-MIF-1 and endomorphin-1 and -2.

For another, they discovered closely related peptides in creatures as evolutionarily ancient as primitive fish, and such non-mammalian species clearly do not need oxytocin for labor or nursing.

It is unknown what impact, if any, this increase of ProCT and related peptides has on patients.

Amylin also acts in bone metabolism, along with the related peptides calcitonin and calcitonin gene related peptide.

These studies have recently been expanded to include additional beta defensins, theta defensins, and the human cathelicidin LL-37 and related peptides.

The peptide is thus elongated one amino acid at each step, and by careful movement of each teabag, a series of related peptides can be made.

The company's primary focus is on the development of calcitonin and related peptides for the treatment of osteoporosis.