E Kokkotou, AC Moss, D Torres, I … - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is expressed primarily in the hypothalamus and has a positive
impact on feeding behavior and energy balance. Although MCH is expressed in the gastrointestinal
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- ►endojournals.org Y Imai, HR Patel, EJ Hawkins, NM Doliba, FM … - Endocrinology, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Neuropeptide Y (NPY), whose role in appetite regulation is well known, is also expressed in
pancreatic islets. Although previous studies indicated that application of NPY to pancreatic islets
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MM Sachdeva, DA Stoffers - Molecular Endocrinology, 2009 - Endocrine Soc Type 2 diabetes results from pancreatic ß-cell failure in the setting of insulin resistance. This
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- ►nursing2009.com E Kokkotou, DO Espinoza, D Torres, I … - British Medical …, 2009 - gut.bmj.com Methods: In human intestinal xenografts grown in mice, changes in the expression of MCH and its
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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
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P Pissios - Peptides, 2009 - Elsevier Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) has attracted considerable attention because of its effects on
food intake and body weight and the MCH receptor (MCHR1) remains one of the viable targets for
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RPC Differ, O Civelli, QY Zhou, OGPC Receptors, N … - Springer Abstract Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a neuropeptide that was originally isolated from
salmon pituitary where it causes pigment aggregation. MCH is also abun- dantly present in mammalian
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DJ MacNeil, MA Bednarek - Peptides, 2009 - Elsevier Mammalian MCH is a cyclic, 19-amino acid peptide encoded within a preprohormone for MCH and two
other potential neuropeptide products [76]. MCH is generated via a proteolytic cleavage of a 165
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K Boonen, JW Creemers, L Schoofs - BioEssays, 2009 - interscience.wiley.com Bioactive peptides are a group of diverse intercellular signalling molecules. Almost half a century
of research on this topic has resulted in an enormous amount of data. In this essay, a general
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