Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
"Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Peptides with the ability to stimulate pigmented cells MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. By stimulating the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in these pigmented cells, they increase coloration of skin and other tissue. MSHs, derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are produced by MELANOTROPHS in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY; CORTICOTROPHS in the ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY, and the hypothalamic neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS.
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D009074
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.531.750 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750 D12.644.400.400.935.531.750 D12.644.400.460 D12.644.548.365.935.531.750 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750 D12.776.631.650.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones- Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
- Melanocyte Stimulating Hormones
- MSH (Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones)
- Melanophore-Stimulating Hormone
- Melanophore Stimulating Hormone
- Melanotropin
- MSH
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones" by people in Profiles.
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Interindividual Variation in DNA Methylation at a Putative POMC Metastable Epiallele Is Associated with Obesity. Cell Metab. 2016 09 13; 24(3):502-509.
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Activation of the melanocortin-4 receptor causes enhanced excitation in presympathetic paraventricular neurons in obese Zucker rats. Regul Pept. 2011 Jan 17; 166(1-3):112-20.
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Melanocortin 4 receptors interact with antimicrobial frog peptide analogues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 May 19; 343(4):1094-100.
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Blockade of melanocortin transmission inhibits cocaine reward. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Apr; 21(8):2233-42.