"alpha-MSH" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 13-amino acid peptide derived from proteolytic cleavage of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE, the N-terminal segment of ACTH. ACTH (1-13) is amidated at the C-terminal to form ACTH (1-13)NH2 which in turn is acetylated to form alpha-MSH in the secretory granules. Alpha-MSH stimulates the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates.
| Descriptor ID |
D000521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.179 D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.050 D06.472.699.631.525.600.179 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.050 D12.644.400.400.935.179 D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.050 D12.644.400.460.050 D12.644.548.365.935.179 D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.050 D12.644.548.691.525.690.179 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.050 D12.776.631.650.405.935.179 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.050 D12.776.631.650.460.050
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-MSH- alpha-MSH
- alpha MSH
- alpha-Melanotropin
- alpha Melanotropin
- Acetylated ACTH (1-13)NH2
- alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
- Hormone, alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating
- alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
- MSH, alpha
ACTH (1-13)NH2- ACTH (1-13)NH2
- (Desacetyl)alpha-MSH
- DE-alpha-MSH
- MSH, (Desacetyl)alpha-
- Des-Acetyl MSH
- MSH, Des-Acetyl
- Desacetyl alpha-MSH
- Desacetyl alpha MSH
- alpha-MSH, Desacetyl
- Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
- Desacetyl alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
- Hormone, Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating
- alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, Desacetyl
- (Des-Acetyl)-alpha-MSH
- Adrenocorticotropin (1-13)NH2
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-MSH" by people in Profiles.
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Lee DJ, Taylor AW. Recovery from experimental autoimmune uveitis promotes induction of antiuveitic inducible Tregs. J Leukoc Biol. 2015 Jun; 97(6):1101-9.
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Agapito MA, Barreira JC, Logan RW, Sarkar DK. Evidence for possible period 2 gene mediation of the effects of alcohol exposure during the postnatal period on genes associated with maintaining metabolic signaling in the mouse hypothalamus. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Feb; 37(2):263-9.
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Lee DJ, Biros DJ, Taylor AW. Injection of an alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone expression plasmid is effective in suppressing experimental autoimmune uveitis. Int Immunopharmacol. 2009 Aug; 9(9):1079-86.
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Padma-Nathan H, Christ G, Adaikan G, Becher E, Brock G, Carrier S, Carson C, Corbin J, Francis S, DeBusk R, Eardley I, Hedlund H, Hutter A, Jackson G, Kloner R, Lin CS, Lin S, McVary K, McCullough A, Nehra A, Porst H, Schulman C, Seftel A, Sharlip I, Stief C, Teloken C. Pharmacotherapy for erectile dysfunction. J Sex Med. 2004 Sep; 1(2):128-40.
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Adams SH, Won WB, Schonhoff SE, Leiter AB, Paterniti JR. Effects of peptide YY[3-36] on short-term food intake in mice are not affected by prevailing plasma ghrelin levels. Endocrinology. 2004 Nov; 145(11):4967-75.