Effect of MELANOTAN®, [Nle4, D-Phe7]-α-MSH, on melanin synthesis in humans with MC1R variant alleles

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 388-394

  FitzGerald, Liesel M ^a   Fryer, Jayne L ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^a   Humphrey, Stuart M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b EpiTan Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanocyte stimulating hormone ( MSH); Eumelanin; MC1R gene variants; Melanin; Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R); MELANOTAN ; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOTAN; PLACEBO; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MSH, 4 NLE 7 PHE ALPHA; MSH, 4-NLE-7-PHE-ALPHA-;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLELES; ALPHA-MSH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MELANINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31544448009     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.12.038     Document Type: Article

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