Evaluation of a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist (Setmelanotide) in MC4R deficiency

OBJECTIVE: Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived peptides act on neurons expressing the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) to reduce body weight. Setmelanotide is a highly potent MC4R agonist that leads to weight loss in diet-induced obese animals and in obese individuals with complete POMC deficiency. Wh...

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Autores principales: Collet, Tinh-Hai, Dubern, Béatrice, Mokrosinski, Jacek, Connors, Hillori, Keogh, Julia M., Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Henning, Elana, Poitou-Bernert, Christine, Oppert, Jean-Michel, Tounian, Patrick, Marchelli, Florence, Alili, Rohia, Le Beyec, Johanne, Pépin, Dominique, Lacorte, Jean-Marc, Gottesdiener, Andrew, Bounds, Rebecca, Sharma, Shubh, Folster, Cathy, Henderson, Bart, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Stoner, Elizabeth, Gottesdiener, Keith, Panaro, Brandon L., Cone, Roger D., Clément, Karine, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Van der Ploeg, Lex H.T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29031731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2017.06.015

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29031731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2017.06.015

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