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α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone directly increases the plasma calcitonin level and involves calcium metabolism in goldfish

International Aquatic Research, 2018
The effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) on calcium metabolism were examined with goldfish. The scales on the left side of goldfish bodies were removed to allow the regeneration of scales under anesthesia.
Takahiro Ikari, Yuki Kobayashi, Yoichiro Kitani, Toshio Sekiguchi, Masato Endo, Akira Kambegawa, Kiyoshi Asahina, Atsuhiko Hattori, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Thumronk Amornsakun, Kanta Mizusawa, Akiyoshi Takahashi, Nobuo Suzuki   +12 more
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Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Protects against Cytokine-Induced Barrier Damage in Caco-2 Intestinal Epithelial Monolayers. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a potent anti-inflammatory peptide with cytoprotective effect in various tissues. The present investigation demonstrates the ability of α-MSH to interact with intestinal epithelial cell monolayers and ...
Judit Váradi, András Harazin, Ferenc Fenyvesi, Katalin Réti-Nagy, Péter Gogolák, György Vámosi, Ildikó Bácskay, Pálma Fehér, Zoltán Ujhelyi, Gábor Vasvári, Eszter Róka, David Haines, Mária A Deli, Miklós Vecsernyés   +13 more
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Boosting Sensory Nerve‐to‐Bone Interactions Enhances Hedgehog Mediated Calvarial Bone Repair

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Boosting sensory nerve activity via TrkA agonism strongly accelerates calvarial bone repair in adult mice. Furthermore, single‐cell RNA sequencing and neuron–bone interactome analyses identify these sensory neurons as a direct neural source of Hedgehog pathway ligands. Consequently, these ligands drive osteoblast differentiation of skeletal progenitors,
Zhao Li, Xin Xing, Beicheng Du, Myles Zhou, Austin Z. Chen, Mary Archer, Chunbao Rao, Manyu Zhu, Masnsen Cherief, Aaron W. James   +9 more
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Streamlining Diagnosis of Bardet–Biedl Syndrome: New Diagnostic Algorithm With Updated Criteria

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Considerable advances have been made in our understanding of Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS), particularly in its core clinical features and molecular genetics, warranting an update to the existing diagnostic criteria framework. Using a rigorous, evidence‐based, and consensus‐driven process, a multidisciplinary group of international experts and ...
Jeremy J. Pomeroy, Jesse Richards, Brooke R. Sweeney, Seema Kumar, Katie E. Queen, Joshua Zaritsky, Carl H. Cramer, Elias I. Traboulsi, Brittni A. Scruggs, Erica E. Davis, Ekaterina Keifer, Emma McGibbon, Timothy Ogden, Bendert De Graaf, Tonia Hymers, Elizabeth Forsythe, Philip Beales   +16 more
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Re-evaluation of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Activation of GPR139 in Vitro

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
It is now well established that GPR139, a G-protein coupled receptor exclusively expressed in the brain and pituitary, is activated by the essential amino acids L-tryptophan (L-Trp) and L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) via Gαq-coupling.
Diane Nepomuceno, Chester Kuei, Curt Dvorak, Timothy Lovenberg, Changlu Liu, Pascal Bonaventure   +5 more
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Central melanocortins regulate the motivation for sucrose reward. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The role of the melanocortin (MC) system in feeding behavior is well established. Food intake is potently suppressed by central infusion of the MC 3/4 receptor agonist α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH), whereas the MC 3/4 receptor inverse-agonist ...
Rahul Pandit, Esther M van der Zwaal, Mieneke C M Luijendijk, Maike A D Brans, Andrea J van Rozen, Ralph J A Oude Ophuis, Louk J M J Vanderschuren, Roger A H Adan, Susanne E la Fleur   +8 more
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Animal models in molecular biology research: Challenges, ethical imperatives, and the path to human‐relevant translation

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract shows how molecular biology research has shifted from using traditional animal models toward using methods that are more relevant to humans. It points out the main problems, differences between species, difficulty in reproducing results, moral issues, and lack of infrastructure that make translational accuracy harder to achieve ...
Md. Shajid Hossain Rafi, Md. Taslim Sarker, Ferdous‐Ul‐Haque Joy, Shahriar Mohd Shams, Tahmina Foyez, Md. Abdul Mazid, Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan   +6 more
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Diffusion MRI and α‐Synuclein Seed Amplification Status in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Positive α‐synuclein seed amplification assay (SAA) is a biomarker found in most people with Parkinson's disease (PD). We explored if free‐water (FW) imaging detects microstructural differences in the brains of patients with early PD with SAA+ or SAA– status.
Shannon Y. Chiu, Wei‐en Wang, Robin Chen, Jesse C. DeSimone, Derek B. Archer, Charles H. Adler, Shyamal H. Mehta, Sara R. Dresler, Melissa J. Armstrong, Nikolaus McFarland, Michael Okun, David E. Vaillancourt, Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, Neha Prakash, Tanya Simuni, Nabila Dahodwala, Caroline Tanner, Lana Chahine, Brit Mollenhauer, Anat Mirelman, Roy Alcalay; Katherine Leaver, Marie Saint‐Hilaire, Ruth Schneider, Christopher Tarolli, Werner Poewe, Aleksandar Videnovic, David Standaert, Marissa Dean, Sonja Jonsdottir, Rejko Krueger, Claire Pauly, Stewart Factor, Penelope Hogarth, Robert Hauser, Amy Amara, Michelle Fullard, Cyrus Zabetian, Hubert Fernandez, Kathrin Brockmann, Isabel Wurster, Yen Tai, Paolo Barone, Marina Picillo, Stuart Isaacson, Alberto Espay, Eduardo Tolosa, Javier Ruiz Martinez, Leonidas Stefanis, Kelvin Chou, Lorraine Kalia, Connie Marras, David Grimes, Tiago Mestre, Rajesh Pahwa, Mark Lew, Holly Shill, Shyamal Mehta, Giulietta Riboldi, Nikolaus McFarland, Ron Postuma, Zoltan Mari, David Ledingham, Nicola Pavese, Michele Hu, Norbert Brueggemann, Christine Klein, Bastiaan Bloem, Cristina Simonet, Alastair Noyce, Anette Janzen, David Pedrosa, Wolfgang Oertel, Njideka Okubadejo, David Shprecher, Arjun Tarakad, Emile Moukheiber, Joy Antala, Carla Aranda, Karen Williams, Sophia Melton, Karina Benson, Ashwini Ramachandran, Danielle Potts, Grace LaMoure, Ritikha Vengadesh, Ryan Manzler, Jaime Heller, Primi Ranola, Farah Kausar, Sherri Mosovsky, Diana Willeke, Elizabeth Kalinkara Gomez, Janelle Rodriguez, Nobuko Kemmotsu, May Eshel, Deborah Raymond, Abigail Desrosiers, Raymond James, Lauren Jackson, Iris Egner, Wesley Schlett, Courtney Blair, Lauren Ruffrage, Berenice Sevilla, Barbara Sommerfeld, Dustin Le, Erica Botting, Gabriella Mazur, Daniele Derlein, Ying Liu, Ciera Cobb, Olivia Masiewicz, Jennifer Mule, Michael Morsillo, Ella Hilt, Lisbeth Pennente, Bobbie Stubbeman, Alicia Garrido, Valeria Ravasi, Ioana Croitoru, Christos Koros, Nikolas Papagiannakis, Frank Ferrari, Mengyu Zheng, Shawna Reddie, Alicia Alejandra, Andrea Gray, Alejandra Valenzuela, Caitlin Goodman, Sara Dresler, Neil Santos, Fahrial Esha, Kyle Rizer, Nadine Zablith, Liliana Dumitrescu, Debra Galley, Victoria Kate Foster, Jamil Razzaque, Madita Grümmer, Yara Krasowski, Elisabeth Sittig, Oluwadamilola Ojo, Kelly Clark, Rory Mahabir, Kori Ribb, Shamera Willoughby   +145 more
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Rab3a is critical for trapping alpha-MSH granules in the high Ca²⁺-affinity pool by preventing constitutive exocytosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Rab3a is a small GTPase of the Rab3 subfamily that acts during late stages of Ca²⁺-regulated exocytosis. Previous functional analysis in pituitary melanotrophs described Rab3a as a positive regulator of Ca²⁺-dependent exocytosis.
Simon Sedej, Maša Skelin Klemen, Oliver M Schlüter, Marjan Slak Rupnik   +3 more
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Altered Serum Immunological and Biochemical Parameters and Microbiota Composition in Patients With AN During Realimentation

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a life-threatening psychiatric disorder with not well-described pathogenesis. Besides the genetic and sociological factors, autoimmunity is also considered to take part in AN pathogenesis. We evaluated general serological factors
Radka Roubalova, Petra Prochazkova, Jiri Dvorak, Martin Hill, Hana Papezova, Jakub Kreisinger, Josef Bulant, Josef Bulant, Alena Lambertova, Petra Holanova, Martin Bilej, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova   +11 more
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