Obesity, diabetes and functions for proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Mountjoy, Kathleen G ^a   Wong, Jencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Melanocortin peptides; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030972558     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(96)04017-8     Document Type: Review

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