SR Smith, B Gawronska-Kozak, L Janderová, … - Diabetes, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc It is well recognized that the agouti/melanocortin system is an important
regulator of body weight homeostasis. Given that agouti is expressed in human
adipose tissue and that the ectopic expression of agouti in adipose tissue ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►physiology.org RL Mynatt, JM Stephens - American Journal of Physiology- Cell Physiology, 2001 - Am Physiological Soc Agouti is a secreted paracrine factor that regulates pigmentation in hair
follicle melanocytes. Several dominant mutations cause ectopic expression of
agouti, resulting in a phenotype characterized by yellow fur, adult-onset ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
K Kiwaki, JA Levine - Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, …, 2003 - Springer Abstract Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in- duces lipolysis in a
dose-dependent fashion in rodent adipose tissue and adipocytes in vitro. The
role of ACTH on lipolysis in human adipose tissue is less clear, however. ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
RL Mynatt, JM Stephens - ANNALS-NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Abstract: To study the potential biological role of agouti/melanocortin
signaling in human adipose tissue, we engineered transgenic mice to overexpress
agouti in adipose tissue. The aP2-agouti transgenic mice become ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
BA BOSTON - ANNALS-NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1999 - interscience.wiley.com ABSTRACT: It has been demonstrated that adipocytes express high affinity ACTH
and α-MSH binding sites, and that ACTH, α-MSH, and β-LPH are potent lipolytic
Hormones. Considerable species variability exists in the lipolytic response ... Cited by 44 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
D Norman, AM Isidori, V Frajese, M Caprio, … - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2003 - Elsevier Leptin is the 167 amino-acid protein product of the Lep (obese) gene that is
released predominantly from adipose tissue and circulates at levels related to
the amount of fat. Leptin expression is hormonally regulated: insulin and ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 3 versions
M Kubo, C Shimizu, H Kijima, S Nagai, T … - Endocrine journal, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Mouse adrenocorticotropin receptor (ACTH-R/MC2R) messenger ribonucleic acid
(mRNA) is expressed predominantly in the adrenal gland and, to a lesser extent,
in adipose tissue. In this study, we found a novel 135-bp exon 1 (exon 1f) ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
A Katsuki, Y Sumida, S Murashima, M Furuta, … - International journal of obesity and related metabolic …, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE: The role of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) in obesity has
been well-documented. However, circulating alpha-MSH concentrations in obese men
and their relationship with clinical indicators of obesity and glucose ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►qmul.ac.uk [PDF] LA Noon, AJL Clark, PJ King - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB Adrenocorticotropic hormone can stimulate lipolysis and suppress leptin
expression in murine adipocytes. These effects are mediated via the melanocortin
2 receptor (MC2-R), which is expressed when 3T3-L1 cells are induced to ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
