P Pissios, RL Bradley, E Maratos-Flier - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic peptide originally identified as
a 17-amino-acid circulating hormone in teleost fish, where it is secreted by the
pituitary in response to stress and environmental stimuli. In fish, MCH ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
D Osei-Hyiaman, J Liu, L Zhou, G Godlewski, … - The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Diet-induced obesity is associated with fatty liver, insulin resistance, leptin
resistance, and changes in plasma lipid profile. Endocannabinoids have been
implicated in the development of these associated phenotypes, because mice ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►physiology.org AR Kennedy, P Pissios, H Otu, B Xue, K … - American Journal of Physiology- Endocrinology And …, 2007 - Am Physiological Soc Ketogenic diets have been used as an approach to weight loss on the basis of the
theoretical advantage of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet. To evaluate the
physiological and metabolic effects of such diets on weight we studied mice ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►shouxi.net P Pissios, U Ozcan, E Kokkotou, T Okada, CW … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide known to play
a critical role in energy balance. We have previously reported that
overexpression of MCH is associated with mild obesity. In addition, mice ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
C Walker, M Zariwala, M Holness - Clinical Science, 2007 - submit.clinsci.org Abbreviations: ACC, acetyl-CoA carboxylase; AgRP, agouti-related peptide; AMPK,
AMP-activated protein kinase; AQP, aquaglyceroporin; Apo, apolipoprotein; ARC,
arcuate nucleus; BMI, body mass index; CART, cocaine- and ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 10 versions
J Fischer, L Koch, C Emmerling, J Vierkotten, T … - Nature, 2009 - nature.com Several independent, genome-wide association studies have identified a strong
correlation between body mass index and polymorphisms in the human FTO gene 1,
2, 3, 4 . Common variants in the first intron define a risk allele ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 4 versions
M Yamato, T Shiba, M Yoshida, T Ide, N Seri, … - FEBS journal, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com Plasma concentrations of free fatty acids are increased in metabolic syndrome,
and the increased fatty acids may cause cellular damage via the induction of
oxidative stress. The present study was designed to determine whether the ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov J Santollo, LA Eckel - Physiology & behavior, 2008 - Elsevier Recently, it was shown that the orexigenic effect of melanin-concentrating
hormone (MCH) is attenuated by estradiol treatment in ovariectomized (OVX) rats.
This suggests that female rats may be less responsive than male rats to the ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 5 versions
DR Gehlert, K Rasmussen, J Shaw, X Li, P … - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 2009 - ASPET The mammalian neuropeptide, melanin-concentrating hormone, interacts with two G
protein-coupled receptors, melanin-concentrating hormone receptor (MCHR) 1 and
MCHR2; however, only MCHR1 is expressed in rats and mice. In the present ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 3 versions
I Antal-Zimanyi, X Khawaja - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2009 - Springer Abstract The melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic peptide exerting
its actions through two G-protein- coupled receptors, MCHR1 and MCHR2. MCH is
impli- cated in the regulation of different physiological functions, ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions
