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Oxytocin (catalog: Oxytocin Acetate)
1 mechanism relationship · Directly supported · Preclinical research
Oxytocin (catalog: Oxytocin Acetate) → Oxytocin receptor — Directly supportedOxytocin directly binds and activates the human oxytocin receptor (OXTR), a G-protein-coupled receptor.
G-protein-coupled receptor activation — contributes to the pathway (structural link, no support rating)Sources: oxytocin-jasper-1995-oxtr-hek293-pmid7475979
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Relevant tissue/system context: Human uterine smooth muscle
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Preclinical research
Sourced from receptor-cloning/heterologous-expression pharmacology and ex vivo human uterine tissue binding studies, not a human clinical dosing/outcome trial; classified preclinical on that basis. Vasopressin-receptor cross-reactivity/pharmacology is a separate question and is deliberately excluded from this record.
Sources
Central Citation Library reference: oxytocin-jasper-1995-oxtr-hek293-pmid7475979
Central Citation Library reference: oxytocin-tahara-2000-uterine-oxtr-pmid10694212
Central Citation Library reference: oxytocin-postina-1996-oxtr-binding-sites-pmid8940177
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