Signals generating anorexia during acute illness: Symposium on ‘Eating, illness and the gut: is there disorder in the house?' [PDF]
Anorexia is part of the body's acute-phase response to illness. Microbial products such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are also commonly used to model acute illness, trigger the acute-phase response and cause anorexia mainly through pro-inflammatory
Langhans, Wolfgang
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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 +4 more
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Neuroendocrine Effects on the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Children. [PDF]
Scorrano G +4 more
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The hypothalamus lies at the intersection of brain and hormonal mechanisms governing essential bodily functions, including metabolic/body weight homeostasis and reproduction.
Elvira Rodríguez-Vázquez +13 more
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Involvement of the histaminergic system in the resuscitating effect of centrally acting leptin in haemorrhagic shock in rats [PDF]
Leptin, acting centrally as a neuromodulator, induces the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which may lead to a pressor action in normotensive animals.
Altinbas, B. +7 more
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Melanocortin Peptides: Potential Targets in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [PDF]
Erin Corey Connolly-Strong +3 more
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Steroid hormones interrelationships in the metabolic syndrome: an introduction to the ponderostat hypothesis [PDF]
Sexual dimorphism in the metabolic syndrome. The clairvoyant early implication of sex hormones in the characterization of the metabolic syndrome (MS) was detected early, and in accordance with the well-known sex-related main patterns of fat deposition in
Alemany, Marià, 1946-
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Melanocortin 4 receptor signaling in Sim1 neurons permits sexual receptivity in female mice. [PDF]
Semple EA +8 more
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A New Organotypic 3D Slice Culture of Mouse Meibomian Glands Reveals Impact of Melanocortins. [PDF]
Zahn I +8 more
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Editorial: Comparative Studies of Energy Homeostasis in Vertebrates
Maximilian Michel
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