Effect of Agouti-related protein in regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in the melanocortin 4 receptor knockout mouse.

Fekete, Csaba; Marks, Daniel L; Sarkar, Sumit; Emerson, Charles H; Rand, William M; Cone, Roger D; Lechan, Ronald M

Fekete, Csaba; Marks, Daniel L; Sarkar, Sumit; Emerson, Charles H; Rand, William M; Cone, Roger D; Lechan, Ronald M.

Affiliation

Fekete C; Ph.D, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Box No. 268, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.

Endocrinology ; 145(11): 4816-21, 2004 Nov.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15256492

Subject(s)

Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology; Pituitary-Adrenal System/physiology; Proteins/pharmacology; Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4/genetics; Thyroid Gland/physiology; Adipose Tissue/anatomy & histology; Adipose Tissue/drug effects; Agouti-Related Protein; Animals; Body Weight/drug effects; Eating/drug effects; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/drug effects; Injections, Intraventricular; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Organ Size; Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects; Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/physiology; Pituitary-Adrenal System/drug effects; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; Thyroid Gland/drug effects; Thyrotropin/genetics; Thyroxine/blood

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pituitary-Adrenal System / Thyroid Gland / Proteins / Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Endocrinology Year: 2004 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

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