“…In addition, based on bioinformatic analysis (Porter et al, 2012), neuropeptide genes not expressed in brain or liver samples were identified to include: atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), neuropeptide S (NPS), endothelin 2 (EDN2), gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), insulin-like 5 (INSL5), neuropeptide B (NPB), neuropeptide FF (NPFF), neuropeptide S (NPS), neuropeptide W (NPW), prokineticin2 (PROK2), prothyroliberin (TRH), urocortin 1 (UCN1), urocortin 2 (UCN2), and neurosecretory protein VGF (VGF) genes.…”