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Melanocortins and opiate addiction

Life Sciences, 1997
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) are centrally acting melanocortin peptides with numerous reported functions, including induction of excessive grooming and antipyresis, among others. Also reported is a role for melanocortins in aspects of opiate action.
J D, Alvaro, J B, Tatro, R S, Duman
openaire   +2 more sources

Developmental Plasticity and Behavioural Evolution in Rodents: Insights From African Striped Mice (Rhabdomys)

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
Our review synthesizes how early‐life experiences shape behavioural development in rodents, drawing on developmental plasticity, non‐genetic inheritance and epigenetic mechanisms. Using African striped mice (Rhabdomys) and other small mammal systems as case studies, it presents an integrative framework linking parental care, developmental pathways and ...
N. Pillay, T. L. Rymer
wiley   +1 more source

Local Agouti Signaling Protein/Melanocortin Signaling System that Possibly Regulates Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissues of Chickens

The Journal of Poultry Science, 2010
The agouti signaling protein (ASIP)/melanocortin signaling system regulates lipid metabolism in humans but not in mice. To examine whether the system is present in adipose tissues in chickens, we performed reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
Masafumi Yabuuchi, Kana Bando, Misato Hiramatsu, Sumio Takahashi, Sakae Takeuchi   +4 more
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Innovations in Obesity Treatment: Beyond Adipose Tissue Dysfunction

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
Obesity drives chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cancer development through adipocyte dysfunction. Addressing this multisystemic disorder requires integrated strategies beyond diet and exercise, such as thermogenesis activation via menthol or capsinoids and appetite control through GLP‐1/GIP agonists and neuromodulation to ...
Jesica Martínez‐Godfrey, Irene Pomares‐Bri, Paula de Juan‐Maciá, Mariló Olivares‐Vicente, Enrique Barrajón‐Catalán, Vicente Micol, Enrique Roche, María Herranz‐López   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Established and Emerging Biomarkers to Characterize Persons at Risk for Obesity—Paving the Way for Targeted Clinical Intervention Trials—A Comprehensive Position Paper

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite all efforts, obesity remains a major health concern worldwide, with continuously increasing rates, affecting approx. 14% of the total world population, being as high as 43% in some countries. As obesity is related to numerous comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer, the consequences ...
Farhad Vahid, Victoria Stopa, Laurent Malisoux, Yvan Devaux, Elsa Lamy, Fernando Capela e Silva, Sarah Forberger, Tiziana de Magistris, Antoni Sureda, Margalida Monserrat‐Mesquida, Maria Pérez‐Jiménez, Rajini Nagrani, Maria Giovanna Onorati, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Jonathan Turner, Mahesh S. Desai, Josep Tur, Cristina Bouzas, Gino Gabriel Bonetti, Oliver Riedel, Gitte Ravn‐Haren, Rikke Andersen, Torsten Bohn   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setmelanotide in Bardet‐Biedl Syndrome: A Case Report

Pediatric Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Setmelanotide is a melanocortin‐4‐receptor agonist used for the treatment of hyperphagia in the genetic obesity syndrome Bardet‐Biedl. Presented is a case of diffuse hyperpigmentation in a patient treated with setmelanotide, which represents the most common side effect of this medication.
Shelby Smith, Eric Sanfilippo, Lara Wine Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setmelanotide, a Novel, Selective Melanocortin Receptor-4 Agonist Exerts Anti-inflammatory Actions in Astrocytes and Promotes an Anti-inflammatory Macrophage Phenotype

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
To date, available treatment strategies for multiple sclerosis (MS) are ineffective in preventing or reversing progressive neurologic deterioration, creating a high, and unmet medical need. One potential way to fight MS may be by limiting the detrimental
Alwin Kamermans, Tom Verhoeven, Bert van het Hof, Jasper J. Koning, Lauri Borghuis, Maarten Witte, Jack van Horssen, Helga E. de Vries, Merel Rijnsburger   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Striking Suture Zone Mismatch Between Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers in North African Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae)

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls remain pervasive even among common and widespread Mediterranean taxa, limiting our understanding of evolutionary history and species boundaries. The Ocellated Skink Chalcides ocellatus complex illustrates this issue, with disputed subspecific taxonomy and deep mitochondrial divergences across North Africa and ...
Paul Doniol‐Valcroze, Dave Lutgen, Menad Beddek, Boualem Dellaoui, Philippe Geniez, Olivier Peyre, Patricia Sourrouille, Pierre‐André Crochet   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Through the Sands of Time: Evolutionary History and Systematics of the Awl‐Headed Snakes (Colubridae: Lytorhynchus) in the Saharo‐Sindian Region

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The psammophilous colubrid genus Lytorhynchus is widely distributed in the deserts of the Saharo‐Sindian region and adjacent areas. The taxonomy of the genus and the number of recognised species have remained unstable since the last taxonomic revision in 1970, with differing views on the taxonomic status of L. gaddi and L. kennedyi.
Lukáš Pola, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Bassam Abu Afifeh, Roberta Graboski, Mohammad Abu Baker, Zuhair S. Amr, Ahmed Mohajja AlShammari, Avrajjal Ghosh, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Šmíd   +10 more
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Leptin is required for hypothalamic regulation of miRNAs targeting POMC 3’UTR

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2015
The central nervous system monitors modifications in metabolic parameters or hormone levels and elicits adaptive responses such as food intake regulation. Particularly, within the hypothalamus, leptin modulates the activity of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)
Adel eDerghal, Mehdi eDjelloul, Coraline eAirault, Clémént ePierre, Michel eDallaporta, Jean-Denis eTroadec, Vanessa eTillement, Catherine eTardivel, Bruno eBariohay, Jérôme eTrouslard, Lourdes eMounien   +10 more
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