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Jann Spiess

Stanford University
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Chemical and biological characterization of the inhibin family of protein hormones

…, J YU, P PLOTSKY, J SPIESS, J RIVIER - Proceedings of the 1987 …, 1988 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the chemical and biological characterization of
the inhibin family of protein hormones, which is a family of peptides isolated from the follicular …

Chemical and biological characterization of corticotropin releasing factor

W Vale, C RIVIER, MR BROWN, J SPIES… - Proceedings of the 1982 …, 1983 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Hypothalamus liberates a substance into the hypophysial portal blood
that stimulates the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) activity of the pituitary. This chapter …

Characterization of a 41-residue ovine hypothalamic peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and β-endorphin

W Vale, J Spiess, C Rivier, J Rivier - Science, 1981 - science.org
… Bennett, and J. Rodkey for assistance during initial sequencing attempts, and Dr. Michael
Brownstein … We acknowledge the expert technical assistance of J. Vaughan, G. Yamamoto, L. …

Purification and characterization of an FSH releasing protein from porcine ovarian follicular fluid

…, R McClintock, A Corrigan, W Woo, D Karr, J Spiess - Nature, 1986 - nature.com
A variety of hypophysiotropic peptides or proteins have been reported to be present in
mammalian gonads. Inhibin, a hormone that under most circumstances selectively suppresses the …

Machine learning: an applied econometric approach

S Mullainathan, J Spiess - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017 - aeaweb.org
Abstract Machines are increasingly doing “intelligent” things. Face recognition algorithms
use a large dataset of photos labeled as having a face or not to estimate a function that …

Characterization of a growth hormone-releasing factor from a human pancreatic islet tumour

J Rivier, J Spiess, M Thorner, W Vale - Nature, 1982 - nature.com
The neuroregulation of growth hormone (GH) secretion is mediated in part by a stimulatory,
GH-releasing factor (GRF) and an inhibitory peptide, somatostatin 1 , both of which reach the …

Revisiting event study designs: Robust and efficient estimation

K Borusyak, X Jaravel, J Spiess - arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.12419, 2021 - arxiv.org
We develop a framework for difference-in-differences designs with staggered treatment
adoption and heterogeneous causal effects. We show that conventional regression-based …

Corticotropin-releasing factor: actions on the sympathetic nervous system and metabolism

…, LA Fisher, J Spiess, C RIVIER, J RIVIER… - …, 1982 - academic.oup.com
… Vale W, Spiess J, Rivier C, Rivier J 1981 Characterization of a 41 residue ovine hypothalamic
peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and /S-endorphin. Science 213:1394 2. …

Extramedullary plasmacytoma: tumor occurrence and therapeutic concepts

C Alexiou, RJ Kau, H Dietzfelbinger… - … Journal of the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is related to non‐Hodgkin lymphoma and occurs mainly
in the upper aerodigestive tract. General therapeutic concepts are lacking. This is the first …

Cholecystokinin-2 (CCK2) receptor-mediated anxiety-like behaviors in rats

H Wang, PTH Wong, J Spiess, YZ Zhu - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a neurotransmitter in the brain closely related to anxiety. Of the
two CCK receptor subtypes, CCK 2 receptors are most implicated in the control of anxiety-…