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Rebekah Bower

University of Auckland
Verified email at aucklanduni.ac.nz
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Amylin structure–function relationships and receptor pharmacology: implications for amylin mimetic drug development

RL Bower, DL Hay - British journal of pharmacology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Amylin is an important, but poorly understood, 37 amino acid glucoregulatory hormone with
great potential to target metabolic diseases. A working example that the amylin system is …

Molecular studies of CGRP and the CGRP family of peptides in the central nervous system

ER Hendrikse, RL Bower, DL Hay, CS Walker - Cephalalgia, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Calcitonin gene-related peptide is an important target for migraine and other
painful neurovascular conditions. Understanding the normal biological functions of calcitonin …

A second trigeminal CGRP receptor: function and expression of the AMY1 receptor

CS Walker, S Eftekhari, RL Bower… - Annals of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The trigeminovascular system plays a central role in migraine, a condition in need
of new treatments. The neuropeptide, calcitonin gene‐related peptide ( CGRP ), is proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic spheres in general relativity

RL Bowers, EPT Liang - Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 188, p. 657 …, 1974 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The possible importance of locally anisotropic equations of state for relativistic spheres is
discussed by generalizing the equations of hydrostatic equilibrium to include these effects. The …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic mass exchange in doubly degenerate binaries. I-0.9 and 1.2 solar mass stars

W Benz, RL Bowers, AGW Cameron… - … Journal, Part 1 (ISSN …, 1990 - adsabs.harvard.edu
RL BOWERS … the secondary star, RL, are related to q, the mass ratio of the … din A _
dln RL (din RL~\ dln q C17 …

Microscopic interpretation of neutron star structure

WD Arnett, RL Bowers - 1976 - osti.gov
… The accretion of supernova debris, or mass transfer if the reanant remains bound in a close
binary system (Paczynski 1971; Bekenstein and Bowers 1974) can lead *o black holes in a …

Molecular signature for receptor engagement in the metabolic peptide hormone amylin

RL Bower, L Yule, TA Rees, G Deganutti… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The pancreatic peptide hormone, amylin, plays a critical role in the control of appetite, and
synergizes with other key metabolic hormones such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). …

A review of Hawaiian zoanthids with descriptions of three new species

GE WALSH, RL BOWERS - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 1971 - academic.oup.com
This paper gives descriptions of zoanthids collected from coral reefs and shores of the
Hawaiian Islands between June 1965 and June 1967. Isaurus elongatus Verrill (1928) and …

Identification of small-molecule positive modulators of calcitonin-like receptor-based receptors

ER Hendrikse, LP Liew, RL Bower… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Class BG protein-coupled receptors are highly therapeutically relevant but challenges
remain in identifying suitable small-molecule drugs. The calcitonin-like receptor (CLR) in …

Pharmacological characterisation of mouse calcitonin and calcitonin receptor‐like receptors reveals differences compared with human receptors

ML Garelja, RL Bower, MA Brimble… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The calcitonin (CT) receptor family is complex, comprising two
receptors (the CT receptor [CTR] and the CTR‐like receptor [CLR]), three accessory proteins (…