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Both MC1 and MC3 Receptors Provide Protection From Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion-Induced Neutrophil Recruitment. [PDF]

, 2015
Objective Neutrophil recruitment is a key process in the pathogenesis of stroke, and may provide a valuable therapeutic target. Targeting the melanocortin receptors (MC) has previously shown to inhibit leukocyte recruitment in peripheral inflammation ...
Cooper, D., Cooper, D., Cvek, U., Cvek, U., Durrenberger, P.F., Durrenberger, P.F., Gavins, F.N., Gavins, F.N., Getting, S.J., Getting, S.J., Holloway, P.M., Holloway, P.M., Orr, A.W., Orr, A.W., Perretti, M., Perretti, M., Trutschl, M., Trutschl, M.   +17 more
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Α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Protects Early Diabetic Retina from Blood-Retinal Barrier Breakdown and Vascular Leakage via MC4R

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018
Background/Aims: Blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown and vascular leakage is the leading cause of blindness of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress and inflammation are primary pathogenic factors of this severe DR ...
S. Cai, Qianhui Yang, Mengzhuo Hou, Qian Han, HanYu Zhang, Jiantao Wang, Chen Qi, Qiyu Bo, Y. Ru, Wei Yang, Zhongxiu Gu, R. Wei, Yunshan Cao, Xiaorong Li, Yan Zhang   +14 more
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Pathophysiology of melanocortin receptors and their accessory proteins. [PDF]

, 2018
The melanocortin receptors (MCRs) and their accessory proteins (MRAPs) are involved in regulation of a diverse range of endocrine pathways. Genetic variants of these components result in phenotypic variation and disease. The MC1R is expressed in skin and
A.J.L. Clark, Anderson, Asai, Balthasar, Begriche, Benjannet, Bishop, Box, Buggy, Bultman, Butler, Butler, Böhm, Chakraborty, Chaly, Chan, Chan, Chan, Chen, Chen, Chen, Cheung, Chida, Chung, Chung, Clark, Clark, Clark, Clark, Coll, Collet, Cone, Cone, Cooray, Cooray, Cooray, Cui, D'Orazio, do Carmo, Elias, Enriori, Farooqi, Feng, Flier, Friedman, Gee, Ghamari-Langroudi, Girardet, Gonzalez-Rey, Gorrigan, Greenfield, Huszar, Jarrett, Kievit, Kim, L.F. Chan, Landi, Lee, Lee, Lembertas, Lim, Lovett, Lowry, Lu, Manceau, Markison, Marks, Marsh, Martinelli, Metherell, Metherell, Miller, Mirshahi, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Mountjoy, Mountjoy, Ni, Nimura, Novoselova, O'Rahilly, Ogawa, Ollmann, Padilla, Palmer, Pasquali, Pelleymounter, Raadsheer, Rached, Raimondi, Robbins, Robles-Espinoza, Rodrigues, Roselli-Rehfuss, Rouault, Roy, Schauer, Scott, Sebag, Sebag, Shen, Shenker, Simamura, Smith, Smith, Sohn, Srisai, Swords, T.V. Novoselova, Tao, Turan, Ulrich-Lai, Vaisse, Valverde, Vinson, Webb, Webb, Weber, Williams, Xu, Xu, Yang, Yeo, Young, Zhang, Zhang   +126 more
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Keratinocytes regulate the function of melanocytes

Dermatologica Sinica, 2014
Mammalian keratinocytes compose the bulk of the epithelium, undergo keratinization, and form the dead superficial layer of the skin. These superficial keratinized cells are continuously replaced by cells derived from mitotic cells in the lowest layer of ...
Tomohisa Hirobe
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Camptothecin-Loaded Liposomes with α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Enhance Cytotoxicity Toward and Cellular Uptake by Melanomas: An Application of Nanomedicine on Natural Product

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2013
In this study, we attempted to develop functional liposomes loaded with camptothecin and attached to α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) to target melanoma cells.
Chih-Hung Lin, Saleh A. Al-Suwayeh, Chih-Feng Hung, Chih-Chieh Chen, Jia-You Fang   +4 more
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A Patient with Proopiomelanocortin Deficiency: An Increasingly Important Diagnosis to Make [PDF]

, 2017
Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency is a rare monogenic disorder with early-onset obesity. Investigation of this entity have increased our insight into the important role of the leptin-melanocortin pathway in energy balance. Here, we present a patient
Achermann, JC, Aycan, Z, Buonocore, F, Cetinkaya, S, Erdeve, SS, Guran, T, Keskin, M, Kurnaz, E, Sagsak, E, Suntharalingham, JP   +9 more
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The role of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis in inflammatory pilosebaceous disorders [PDF]

, 2020
Skin is the largest peripheral endocrine organ and functions as a hormone target and endocrine gland. A cutaneous hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-like axis enables the skin to respond to stress and regulates its steroidogenic activity.
Clark, Ashley K, Saric-Bosanac, Suzana, Shi, Vivian Y, Sivamani, Raja K   +3 more
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Nalfurafine Hydrochloride, a κ-Opioid Receptor Agonist, Induces Melanophagy via PKA Inhibition in B16F1 Cells

Cells, 2022
Selective autophagy controls cellular homeostasis by degrading unnecessary or damaged cellular components. Melanosomes are specialized organelles that regulate the biogenesis, storage, and transport of melanin in melanocytes.
Ha Jung Lee, Seong Hyun Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, So Hyun Kim, Gyeong Seok Oh, Ji-Eun Bae, Joon Bum Kim, Na Yeon Park, Kyuhee Park, Eunbyul Yeom, Kwiwan Jeong, Pansoo Kim, Doo Sin Jo, Dong-Hyung Cho   +13 more
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Involvement of α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone-Thromboxane A2 System on Itching in Atopic Dermatitis.

American Journal of Pathology, 2019
α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is an endogenous peptide hormone involved in cutaneous pigmentation in atopic dermatitis (AD) with severe itching. α-MSH elicits itch-related responses in mice. We therefore investigated whether α-MSH was involved
T. Andoh, Chihiro Akasaka, K. Shimizu, Jung-Bum Lee, Y. Yoshihisa, T. Shimizu   +5 more
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Orexin-A represses satiety-inducing POMC neurons and contributes to obesity via stimulation of endocannabinoid signaling [PDF]

, 2017
In the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons and the POMC-derived peptide α–melanocytestimulating hormone (α-MSH) promote satiety. POMC neurons receive orexin-A (OX-A)-expressing inputs and express both OX-A receptor type
Buono, Lorena, Cristino, Luigia, Morello, Giovanna   +2 more
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