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Melanocortin receptors

Melanocortin receptor structures, signaling and pigmentation biology.

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19 publications
  1. 2026 Jan 6Cell metabolism

    Benign form of monogenic obesity conferred by the melanocortin 4 receptor.

    Hinney A, Peters T, Rajcsanyi LS

  2. 2025 Sep 25Nature communications

    MRAP2 modifies the signaling and oligomerization state of the melanocortin-4 receptor.

    Sohail I, Laurin SA, Kleinau G et al.

  3. 2025 NovColloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces

    Glabridin-encapsulated liposomes targeting melanocytes through the melanocortin 1 receptor.

    Cheng L, Xu J, Wang A et al.

  4. 2025 Jun 5Structure (London, England : 1993)

    Structural basis for the constitutive activity of the melanocortin receptor family.

    Feng W, Zhou Q, Zheng C et al.

  5. 2025 Feb 16Nature communications

    Melanocortin 3 receptor regulates hepatic autophagy and systemic adiposity.

    Patel TP, Jun JY, Seo AY et al.

  6. 2025 MayKidney international

    Melanocortin 5 receptor signaling protects against podocyte injury in proteinuric glomerulopathies.

    Chen B, Chen M, Chang M et al.

  7. 2025 Jan 15Science translational medicine

    Orthopedia regulates melanocortin 4 receptor transcription and energy homeostasis.

    Xu B, Lawler K, Wyler SC et al.

  8. 2024 DecPLoS biology

    Melanocortin 1 receptor mediates melanin production by interacting with the BBSome in primary cilia.

    Tian X, Wang H, Liu S et al.

  9. 2022 Jul 1Endocrinology

    The Multifaceted Melanocortin Receptors.

    Laiho L, Murray JF

  10. 2022Progress in molecular biology and translational science

    Mutations in melanocortin-4 receptor: From fish to men.

    Tao YX

  11. 2022 Jan 13Cells

    Selective Interactions of Mouse Melanocortin Receptor Accessory Proteins with Somatostatin Receptors.

    Wang M, Xu J, Lei XW et al.

  12. 2021 Apr 21Science translational medicine

    The melanocortin-3 receptor is a pharmacological target for the regulation of anorexia.

    Sweeney P, Bedenbaugh MN, Maldonado J et al.

  13. 2021 JanDomestic animal endocrinology

    Pharmacological characterization of three chicken melanocortin-3 receptor mutants.

    Zhang HJ, Cui ZH, Liu M et al.

  14. 2020Open life sciences

    Neuroanatomy of melanocortin-4 receptor pathway in the mouse brain.

    Wang K, Mao W, Zhang X et al.

  15. 2018American journal of clinical and experimental immunology

    Melanocortin-4 receptor in subthalamic nucleus is involved in the modulation of nociception.

    Han DJ, He ZG, Yang H

  16. 2017 OctBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease

    Melanocortin receptors.

    Tao YX

  17. 2015International journal of clinical and experimental medicine

    Melanocortin-4 receptor expression in autonomic circuitry involved in gastric function.

    Li SY, Chen YL, Zeng JY et al.

  18. 2015 JanExperimental dermatology

    Variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor: do they matter clinically?

    Haddadeen C, Lai C, Cho SY et al.

  19. 2003 NovCurrent protocols in pharmacology

    Characterization of melanocortin receptors.

    Goetz AS, Ignar DM