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Identification of a Receptor for γ Melanotropin and Other Proopiomelanocortin Peptides in the Hypothalamus and Limbic System by ROSELLI-REHFUSS, L, MOUNTJOY, K. G, ROBBINS, L. S, MORTRUD, M. T, LOW, M. J, TATRO, J. B, ENTWISTLE, M. L, SIMERLY, R. B, CONE, R. D

“…Corticotropin (ACTH) and melanotropin (MSH) peptides (melanocortins) are produced not only in the pituitary but also in the brain, with highest concentrations…”
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Expression of Melanocortin-5 Receptor in Secretory Epithelia Supports a Functional Role in Exocrine and Endocrine Glands by van der Kraan, Manou, Adan, Roger A. H., Entwistle, Margaret L., Gispen, Willem Hendrik, Burbach, J. Peter H., Tatro, Jeffrey B.

“…Abstract Melanocortins (αMSH and ACTH-related peptides) influence the physiological functions of certain peripheral organs, including exocrine and endocrine…”
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Antipyretic Role of Endogenous Melanocortins Mediated by Central Melanocortin Receptors during Endotoxin-Induced Fever by Huang, Qin-Heng, Entwistle, Margaret L, Alvaro, John D, Duman, Ronald S, Hruby, Victor J, Tatro, Jeffrey B

“…Bacterial infection causes fever, an adaptive but potentially self-destructive response, in the host. Also activated are counterregulatory systems such as the…”
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Expression of melanocortin receptors and pro-opiomelanocortin in the rat spinal cord in relation to neurotrophic effects of melanocortins by van der Kraan, Manou, Tatro, Jeffrey B., Entwistle, Margaret L., Brakkee, Jan H., Burbach, J.Peter H., Adan, Roger A.H., Gispen, Willem Hendrik

“…Although neurotrophic effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) are well established, the mechanism underlying these effects is unknown. To identify…”
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Expression of Melanocortin-5 Receptor in Secretory Epithelia Supports a Functional Role in Exocrine and Endocrine Glands1 by van der Kraan, Manou, Adan, Roger A. H, Entwistle, Margaret L, Gispen, Willem Hendrik, Burbach, J. Peter H, Tatro, Jeffrey B

“…Melanocortins (αMSH and ACTH-related peptides) influence the physiological functions of certain peripheral organs, including exocrine and endocrine glands…”
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Melanotropin receptors of murine melanoma characterized in cultured cells and demonstrated in experimental tumors in situ by TATRO, J. B, ENTWISTLE, M. L, LESTER, B. R, REICHLIN, S

“…Cultured melanoma cells are known targets for the pigment-inducing actions of melanotropins such as alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH). The…”
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Heterogeneity of brain melanocortin receptors suggested by differential ligand binding in situ by Tatro, J B, Entwistle, M L

“…The existence of multiple brain melanocortin receptor types has been postulated, based on the complex pharmacology of intracerebrally administered melanocortin…”
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Distribution of melanocortin receptors in the lower brainstem of the rat by Tatro, J B, Entwistle, M L

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Expression of Melanocortin-5 Receptor in Secretory Epithelia Supports a Functional Role in Exocrine and Endocrine Glands 1 by van der Kraan, Manou, Adan, Roger A. H., Entwistle, Margaret L., Gispen, Willem Hendrik, Burbach, J. Peter H., Tatro, Jeffrey B.

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Melanotropin receptors demonstrated in situ in human melanoma by TATRO, J. B, ATKINS, M, MIER, J. W, HARDARSON, S, WOLFE, H, SMITH, T, ENTWISTLE, M. L, REICHLIN, S

“…Although some cultured human melanoma cell lines are responsive to melanotropins (melanocyte-stimulating hormones [MSH]), the prevalence and tissue…”
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Identification of a specific mammalian melanocortin receptor antagonist by Tatro, J B, Entwistle, M L

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Characterization of functional melanotropin receptors in lacrimal glands of the rat by Entwistle, M L, Hann, L E, Sullivan, D A, Tatro, J B

“…The specific melanotropin (MSH) binding sites of rat lacrimal glands were characterized with respect to anatomic distribution, peptide specificity and…”
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