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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > Melanocortins > Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
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Preferred term

Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Peptides with the ability to stimulate pigmented cells MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. By stimulating the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in these pigmented cells, they increase coloration of skin and other tissue. MSHs, derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are produced by MELANOTROPHS in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY; CORTICOTROPHS in the ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY, and the hypothalamic neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS.

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Entry terms

  • 9002-79-3
  • Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
  • Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
  • Melanophore Stimulating Hormone
  • Melanophore-Stimulating Hormone
  • Melanotropin
  • MSH
  • MSH (Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones)

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Hormones mélanotropes

    French

  • 9002-79-3
  • Hormone mélanotrope
  • Hormones mélano-stimulantes
  • Hormones mélanostimulantes
  • Hormones stimulant les mélanocytes
  • Mélanostimuline
  • Mélanotropine
  • MSH (Melanocyte stimulating hormone)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TS3LB1W3-3

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