Links to the publications that use this peptide:
Takahashi K, Shoji I, Shibasaki A et al, Presence of kisspeptin-like immunoreactivity in human adrenal glands and adrenal tumors.
J Mol Neurosci. 2010 May;41(1):138-44. doi: 10.1007/s12031-009-9306-4. Epub 2009 Nov 7.
S. Ramaswamy,R. B. Gibbs,and T. M. Plant, Studies of the Localisation of Kisspeptin within the Pituitary of the Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta) and the Effect of Kisspeptin on the Release of Non-gonadotropic Pituitary Hormones.
J Neuroendocrinol. 2009 October; 21(10): 795-804.
Published online 2009 July 21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01905.x
Keen KL, Wegner FH, Bloom SR, Ghatei MA, Terasawa E. An increase in kisspeptin-54 release occurs with the pubertal increase in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-1 release in the stalk-median eminence of female rhesus monkeys in vivo.
Endocrinology. 2008 Aug;149(8):4151-7. doi: 10.1210/en.2008-0231. Epub 2008 May 1.
Morelli A, Marini M, Mancina R et al, Sex steroids and leptin regulate the "first Kiss" (KiSS 1/G-protein-coupled receptor 54 system) in human gonadotropin-releasing-hormone-secreting neuroblasts.
J Sex Med. 2008 May;5(5):1097-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00782.x. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
Quaynor S, Hu L, Leung PK, et al, Expression of a functional g protein-coupled receptor 54-kisspeptin autoregulatory system in hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons.
Mol Endocrinol. 2007 Dec;21(12):3062-70. Epub 2007 Aug 14
Dungan HM, Gottsch ML, Zeng H et al, The role of kisspeptin-GPR54 signaling in the tonic regulation and surge release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone/luteinizing hormone.
J Neurosci. 2007 Oct 31;27(44):12088-95.
Alexander S. Kauffman, Jin Ho Park, Anika A. McPhie-Lalmansingh, et al, The Kisspeptin Receptor GPR54 Is Required for Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Behavior
The Journal of Neuroscience, 15 August 2007, 27(33): 8826-8835; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2099-07.2007
Gottsch ML, Cunningham MJ, Smith JT et al, A role for kisspeptins in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion in the mouse.
Endocrinology. 2004 Sep;145(9):4073-7. Epub 2004 Jun 24.