Multiple melanocortin receptors are expressed in bone cells
Zhong Q, Sridhar S, Ruan L, Ding KH, Xie D, Insogna K, Kang B, Xu J, Bollag RJ, Isales CM. Multiple melanocortin receptors are expressed in bone cells. Bone 2005, 36: 820-831. PMID: 15804492, DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic HormoneAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, NorthernBlotting, SouthernCyclic AMPDNA PrimersHumansImmunohistochemistryMiceOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOsteoblastsPro-OpiomelanocortinProtein BindingRatsReceptors, CorticotropinReceptors, MelanocortinReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerThymidineConceptsMelanocortin receptorsBone turnoverOsteoclastic cellsReceptor familySteroid hormone secretionBone cellsMelanocortin receptor familyFamily of receptorsHormone secretionBeta-endorphinSpecific effectsPOMC fragmentsPOMC mRNACell subpopulationsAlpha betaGamma-MSHReceptorsPeptide hormonesPOMCG proteinsVivo dataBoneHormoneOsteoblastic cellsVariety of genes