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Responsiveness to peripherally administered melanocortins in lean and obese mice.

Blüher S, Ziotopoulou M, Bullen JW Jr, Moschos SJ, Ungsunan L, Kokkotou E, Maratos-Flier E, Mantzoros CS.

Diabetes. 2004 Jan;53(1):82-90.PMID: 14693701 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Circulating resistin in lean, obese, and insulin-resistant mouse models: lack of association with insulinemia and glycemia.

Lee JH, Bullen JW Jr, Stoyneva VL, Mantzoros CS.

Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Mar;288(3):E625-32. Epub 2004 Nov 2.PMID: 15522996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of acute and chronic administration of the melanocortin agonist MTII in mice with diet-induced obesity.

Pierroz DD, Ziotopoulou M, Ungsunan L, Moschos S, Flier JS, Mantzoros CS.

Diabetes. 2002 May;51(5):1337-45.PMID: 11978628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Leptin regulation of Agrp and Npy mRNA in the rat hypothalamus.

Korner J, Savontaus E, Chua SC Jr, Leibel RL, Wardlaw SL.

J Neuroendocrinol. 2001 Nov;13(11):959-66.PMID: 11737554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Specificity of leptin action on elevated blood glucose levels and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y gene expression in ob/ob mice.

Schwartz MW, Baskin DG, Bukowski TR, Kuijper JL, Foster D, Lasser G, Prunkard DE, Porte D Jr, Woods SC, Seeley RJ, Weigle DS.

Diabetes. 1996 Apr;45(4):531-5.PMID: 8603777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Peripherally administered [Nle4,D-Phe7]-alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone increases resting metabolic rate, while peripheral agouti-related protein has no effect, in wild type C57BL/6 and ob/ob mice.

Hoggard N, Rayner DV, Johnston SL, Speakman JR.

J Mol Endocrinol. 2004 Dec;33(3):693-703.PMID: 15591028 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The leptin-like effects of 3-d peripheral administration of a melanocortin agonist are more marked in genetically obese Zucker (fa/fa) than in lean rats.

Cettour-Rose P, Rohner-Jeanrenaud F.

Endocrinology. 2002 Jun;143(6):2277-83.PMID: 12021192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adrenalectomy reverses obese phenotype and restores hypothalamic melanocortin tone in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice.

Makimura H, Mizuno TM, Roberts J, Silverstein J, Beasley J, Mobbs CV.

Diabetes. 2000 Nov;49(11):1917-23.PMID: 11078460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Role of fat amount and type in ameliorating diet-induced obesity: insights at the level of hypothalamic arcuate nucleus leptin receptor, neuropeptide Y and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression.

Huang XF, Xin X, McLennan P, Storlien L.

Diabetes Obes Metab. 2004 Jan;6(1):35-44.PMID: 14686961 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The level of NPY receptor mRNA expression in diet-induced obese and resistant mice.

Huang XF, Han M, Storlien LH.

Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2003 Jul 4;115(1):21-8.PMID: 12824051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ciliary neurotrophic factorAx15 alters energy homeostasis, decreases body weight, and improves metabolic control in diet-induced obese and UCP1-DTA mice.

Blüher S, Moschos S, Bullen J Jr, Kokkotou E, Maratos-Flier E, Wiegand SJ, Sleeman MW, Mantzoros CS.

Diabetes. 2004 Nov;53(11):2787-96. Erratum in: Diabetes. 2005 Jan;54(1):296. Sleemann, Mark W [corrected to Sleeman, Mark W]. PMID: 15504958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Unabated anorexic and enhanced thermogenic responses to melanotan II in diet-induced obese rats despite reduced melanocortin 3 and 4 receptor expression.

Li G, Zhang Y, Wilsey JT, Scarpace PJ.

J Endocrinol. 2004 Jul;182(1):123-32.PMID: 15225137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of subcutaneous leptin injections on hypothalamic gene profiles in lean and ob/ob mice.

Duan J, Choi YH, Hartzell D, Della-Fera MA, Hamrick M, Baile CA.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Nov;15(11):2624-33.PMID: 18070753 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pre-obese and obese agouti mice are sensitive to the anorectic effects of peptide YY(3-36) but resistant to ghrelin.

Martin NM, Small CJ, Sajedi A, Patterson M, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR.

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004 Jul;28(7):886-93.PMID: 15148507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lean rats with hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin overexpression exhibit greater diet-induced obesity and impaired central melanocortin responsiveness.

Li G, Zhang Y, Cheng KY, Scarpace PJ.

Diabetologia. 2007 Jul;50(7):1490-9. Epub 2007 May 16.PMID: 17505816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Attenuation of diabetic hyperphagia in neuropeptide Y--deficient mice.

Sindelar DK, Mystkowski P, Marsh DJ, Palmiter RD, Schwartz MW.

Diabetes. 2002 Mar;51(3):778-83.PMID: 11872679 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of leptin receptor mutation on Agrp gene expression in fed and fasted lean and obese (LA/N-faf) rats.

Korner J, Wardlaw SL, Liu SM, Conwell IM, Leibel RL, Chua SC Jr.

Endocrinology. 2000 Jul;141(7):2465-71.PMID: 10875247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Involvement of agouti-related protein, an endogenous antagonist of hypothalamic melanocortin receptor, in leptin action.

Ebihara K, Ogawa Y, Katsuura G, Numata Y, Masuzaki H, Satoh N, Tamaki M, Yoshioka T, Hayase M, Matsuoka N, Aizawa-Abe M, Yoshimasa Y, Nakao K.

Diabetes. 1999 Oct;48(10):2028-33.PMID: 10512369 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased expression of hypothalamic leptin receptor and adiponectin accompany resistance to dietary-induced obesity and infertility in female C57BL/6J mice.

Tortoriello DV, McMinn JE, Chua SC.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Mar;31(3):395-402. Epub 2006 Jul 25.PMID: 16865100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Unlike leptin, ciliary neurotrophic factor does not reverse the starvation-induced changes of serum corticosterone and hypothalamic neuropeptide levels but induces expression of hypothalamic inhibitors of leptin signaling.

Ziotopoulou M, Erani DM, Hileman SM, Bjørbaek C, Mantzoros CS.

Diabetes. 2000 Nov;49(11):1890-6.PMID: 11078456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article