… the vertebrate neuropeptide Y, was cloned, and the function of Drosophila neuropeptide F
… However, the function of the structurally related short neuropeptide F (sNPF) was unknown. …

… that Drosophila short neuropeptide F (sNPF), an orthologue of mammalian neuropeptide Y
(… Initially we characterized the effects of sNPF and sNPFR1 on body size by measuring the …

… invertebrate neuropeptide signaling systems that may be more or less related to those of
the vertebrate NPY-like peptides: members of the invertebrate neuropeptide F (NPF) and short …

… the protostome orthologue of a mammalian neuropeptide, it is much easier to do so for the
neuropeptide GPCRs, which is mainly due to their much larger size, increasing the chances to …

… Neuropeptides are essential signaling molecules that are … type of these insect neuropeptides
is the short neuropeptide F (… to an augmentation in both body size and food uptake, while …

… body size when NPFR is knocked down in the PG, using pupal length as an indication of final
body size… expected to cause a decrease in body size, whereas increasing insulin signaling …

… The use of snpf mutant flies showed that sNPF is involved in the regulation of food intake
and body size in D. melanogaster. sNPF increases food intake in larval and adult flies, yet does …

… vary in size for different neuropeptides. Thus, some Drosophila neuropeptides such as SIFamide
… A closer look at the expression of different insect neuropeptides has revealed that some …

… In order to regulate body size, sNPF produced in the fly brain binds to the sNPF receptor (sNPFR1)
and activates extracellular signal-related-kinase (ERK), which turns on the …

… anorexigenic and orexigenic neuropeptides signaling pathways … neuropeptides that play
a role in food intake and body … hypothalamic neuropeptides on food intake and body weight …