Regulation of feeding and energy homeostasis by α-MSH

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages T157-T174

  Anderson, Erica J P ^a   Çakir, Isin ^a   Carrington, Sheridan J ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a   Ghamari Langroudi, Masoud ^a   Gillyard, Taneisha ^a,b   Gimenez, Luis E ^a   Litt, Michael J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

A MSH; Food intake; MC4R; Melanocortin; POMC

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ATTRACTIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR7.1; ION CHANNEL; MAHOGANOID; MAHOGANY; MAHOGUNIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN; SYNDECAN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MRAP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CHEMOGENETICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84973369438     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-16-0014     Document Type: Review

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