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Monogenic and syndromic obesity in children: Clinical recognition, genetics, and precision management

Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Monogenic and syndromic obesity in children often arises from defects in the leptin–melanocortin pathway. Understanding these rare genetic causes not only clarifies mechanisms of appetite regulation but also enables precision therapies, offering hope beyond lifestyle interventions.
Hadel Khalil, Eugene Feigin, Hussein Zaitoon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone alleviates pathological cardiac remodeling via melanocortin 5 receptor

EMBO Reports
α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) regulates diverse physiological functions by activating melanocortin receptors (MC-R). However, the role of α-MSH and its possible target receptors in the heart remain completely unknown.
Anni Suominen, Guillem Saldo Rubio, Saku Ruohonen, Zoltán Szabó, Lotta Pohjolainen, Bishwa Ghimire, Suvi T Ruohonen, Karla Saukkonen, Jani Ijas, Sini Skarp, Leena Kaikkonen, Minying Cai, Sharon L Wardlaw, Heikki Ruskoaho, Virpi Talman, Eriika Savontaus, Risto Kerkelä, Petteri Rinne   +17 more
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Single administration of tripeptide α-MSH(11-13) attenuates brain damage by reduced inflammation and apoptosis after experimental traumatic brain injury in mice.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Following traumatic brain injury (TBI) neuroinflammatory processes promote neuronal cell loss. Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a neuropeptide with immunomodulatory properties, which may offer neuroprotection.
Eva-Verena Schaible, Arne Steinsträßer, Antje Jahn-Eimermacher, Clara Luh, Anne Sebastiani, Frida Kornes, Dana Pieter, Michael K Schäfer, Kristin Engelhard, Serge C Thal   +9 more
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Learning Across the Divide: Understanding Knowledge Sharing Through Petrographic Analysis on Ceramics From the Rhine‐Meuse Delta During the Middle to Late Neolithic Transition (3400–2200 bce)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vlaardingen (VL) communities on the Dutch West coast (3400–2200 bce) are part of a unique, long‐term continuity in the European Neolithic. Despite large‐scale changes in European populations during the Neolithic, the genomic diversity and cultural practices of VL communities can be retraced to the Mesolithic.
Jisca de Bruin, Erik Kroon, Lasse van den Dikkenberg, Dennis Braekmans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a role for cannabidiol in obesity, metabolic syndrome and binge eating?

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant phytocannabinoids isolated from the Cannabis sativa plant. CBD is a lipophilic, non‐intoxicating substance that differently from Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) does not present the typical profile of a drug of abuse.
Luca Botticelli, Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Giacomo Einaudi, Gustavo Provensi, Alessia Costa, Claudio D'Addario, Carlo Cifani, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiota as a novel therapeutic target for eating disorders and obesity

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract highlights the bidirectional interaction between the gut microbiota and central homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms regulating food intake, which contributes to overweight and obesity. It also illustrates emerging microbiota‐based biomarkers and therapeutic strategies (including prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, synbiotics and ...
Solveiga Samulėnaitė, Victor Mathis, Emmanuel Darcq, Aurelijus Burokas, Elena Martín‐García, Rafael Maldonado   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic profiling reveals broad G protein coupling and context‐dependent modulation of cyclic AMP by the orphan receptor GPR139

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are major drug targets, yet many orphan receptors remain poorly characterized. GPR139 has been implicated in CNS disorders, including schizophrenia and depression, but its signalling mechanisms remain unclear.
Boris Trapkov, Hans Bräuner, Alexander Sebastian Hauser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Therapeutic Effects of Stimulating the Melanocortin Pathway in Regulating Ocular Inflammation and Cell Death

Biomolecules
Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and its binding receptors (the melanocortin receptors) play important roles in maintaining ocular tissue integrity and immune homeostasis.
Shudan Wang, Francesca Kahale, Amirreza Naderi, Pier Luigi Surico, Jia Yin, Thomas Dohlman, Yihe Chen, Reza Dana   +7 more
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Quantitative mass spectrometry for human melanocortin peptides in vitro and in vivo suggests prominent roles for β-MSH and desacetyl α-MSH in energy homeostasis

Molecular Metabolism, 2018
Objective: The lack of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived melanocortin peptides results in hypoadrenalism and severe obesity in both humans and rodents that is treatable with synthetic melanocortins.
Peter Kirwan, Richard G. Kay, Bas Brouwers, Vicente Herranz-Pérez, Magdalena Jura, Pierre Larraufie, Julie Jerber, Jason Pembroke, Theresa Bartels, Anne White, Fiona M. Gribble, Frank Reimann, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Stephen O'Rahilly, Florian T. Merkle   +14 more
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Bakuchiol: From structural mimicry to systems‐level skin biology

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
Convergent outcomes, divergent mechanisms: bakuchiol vs. retinol. Bakuchiol exhibits functional convergence with retinol in improving extracellular matrix integrity, epidermal differentiation and barrier function, while operating through distinct mechanisms.
Ratan K. Chaudhuri
wiley   +1 more source