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The melanocortin receptors as targets for general obesity: contextualizing clinical failures and analyzing future perspectives

Frontiers in Endocrinology
The melanocortin system is a genetically conserved and clinically validated target for the treatment of obesity. Hundreds of studies establish the role of the melanocortin receptors, particularly the melanocortin-4 receptor, in food intake, weight ...
Claudia R. Prindle, Thomas L. Bennett, Benjamin H. Rajewski, Kade J. Kelley, Anna C. Impastato, Russell Potterfield, Daniel L. Marks, Jordan Y. Delev   +7 more
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Observations on the evolution of the melanocortin receptor gene family: distinctive features of the melanocortin-2 receptor

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013
The melanocortin receptors are a gene family in the rhodopsin class of G protein-coupled receptors. Based on the analysis of several metazoan genome databases it appears that the melanocortin receptors are only found in chordates.
Robert Michael Dores
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Development of a genetically encoded melanocortin sensor for high sensitivity in vivo imaging

Molecular Metabolism
Objective: The central melanocortin system, composed of peptides derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) such as the melanocyte-stimulating hormones (α-, β-, γ-MSH) and melanocortin 4 receptors (MC4R), along with the agouti-related protein (AgRP), plays
Yoon Namkung, Tal Slutzki, Joao Pedroso, Xiaohong Liu, Paul V. Sabatini, Maia V. Kokoeva, Stéphane A. Laporte   +6 more
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Fingolimod and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Drug Repurposing Study

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the interactions between fingolimod, a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) agonist, and melanocortin receptors 1 and 5 (MCR1, MCR5).
Carlo Gesualdo, Cornel Balta, Chiara Bianca Maria Platania, Maria Consiglia Trotta, Hildegard Herman, Sami Gharbia, Marcel Rosu, Francesco Petrillo, Salvatore Giunta, Alberto Della Corte, Paolo Grieco, Rosa Bellavita, Francesca Simonelli, Michele D’Amico, Anca Hermenean, Anca Hermenean, Settimio Rossi, Claudio Bucolo   +17 more
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MRAP2 modifies the signaling and oligomerization state of the melanocortin-4 receptor

Nature Communications
The melanocortin-4 receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor and a key regulator of appetite and metabolism. It can interact with the melanocortin-receptor accessory protein 2, a single transmembrane helix protein known to interact with several different ...
Iqra Sohail, Suli-Anne Laurin, Gunnar Kleinau, Vidicha Chunilal, Andrew Morton, Alfonso Brenlla, Zeynep Cansu Uretmen Kagiali, Marie-José Blouin, Javier A. Tello, Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, Martin J. Lohse, Patrick Scheerer, Michel Bouvier, Peter McCormick, Paolo Annibale, Heike Biebermann   +15 more
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Development of the Hypothalamic Melanocortin System

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2013
The melanocortin system is a critical component of the forebrain and hindbrain regulatory systems involved in energy balance. This system is composed of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons that act, in part, through the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R ...
Berengere eCoupe, Sebastien G Bouret
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The effect of human wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells on MC4R, NPY, and LEPR gene expression levels in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2020
Objective(s): Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease resulting from inflammatory destruction of islets β-cells. Nowadays, progress in cell therapy, especially mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) proposes numerous potential remedies for T1D. We aimed to
Fatemeh Sabet Sarvestani, Mohammad Ali Zare, Forough saki, Farhad Koohpeyma, Ismail H. al-Abdullah, Negar Azarpira   +5 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life, Everyday Executive Functioning, and Eating Behavior in Adults With Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare genetic condition with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Knowledge about quality of life, executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS remains limited. This study aimed to assess health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), everyday executive functioning, and eating behavior in adults with BBS and ...
Cecilie Fremstad Rustad, Charlotte von der Lippe, Hilde Nordgarden, Jeanette Ullmann Miller, Mina Susanne Weedon‐Fekjær, Ragnheidur Bragadottir, Solrun Sigurdardottir   +6 more
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Molecular characterization and functional regulation of melanocortin 2 receptor (MC2R) in the sea bass. A putative role in the adaptation to stress. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The activation of melanocortin 2 receptor (MC2R) by ACTH mediates the signaling cascade leading to steroid synthesis in the interrenal tissue (analogous to the adrenal cortex in mammals) of fish.
Maria Josep Agulleiro, Elisa Sánchez, Esther Leal, Raúl Cortés, Begoña Fernández-Durán, Raúl Guillot, Perry Davis, Robert M Dores, Nicole Gallo-Payet, José Miguel Cerdá-Reverter   +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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