Melanocortin receptors 1 and 5 might mediate inhibitory effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on antigen-induced chronic allergic skin inflammation in IgE transgenic mice

J Invest Dermatol. 2012 Jul;132(7):1925-7. doi: 10.1038/jid.2012.68. Epub 2012 Mar 22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chronic Disease
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / etiology*
  • Immunoglobulin E / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Ovalbumin / immunology
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 / physiology*
  • Receptors, Melanocortin / physiology*
  • alpha-MSH / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1
  • Receptors, Melanocortin
  • melanocortin 5 receptor
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • alpha-MSH
  • Ovalbumin