"Melanocortins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Peptides derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) which can stimulate MELANOCYTES or CORTICOTROPHS. Melanocortins include ACTH; ALPHA-MSH; and other peptides such as BETA-MSH and GAMMA-MSH, derived from other fragments of POMC. These peptides act through a variety of MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS to control different functions including steroidogenesis, energy homeostasis, feeding, and skin pigmentation.
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D053486
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D06.472.699.327.935.531 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531 D12.644.400.400.935.531 D12.644.548.365.935.531 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanocortins" by people in Profiles.
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Differential effects of refeeding on melanocortin-responsive neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Endocrinology. 2008 Sep; 149(9):4329-35.