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Obesity due to MC4R deficiency is associated with reduced cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiovascular disease risk.
Zorn S et al.
Nature Medicine, 2025
41102563 (PubMed )
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High-resolution deep mutational scanning of the melanocortin-4 receptor enables target characterization for drug discovery.
Howard CJ et al.
Elife, 2025
40202051 (PubMed )
Supplement: elife-104725-supp1.xlsx › Supplementary_File_1b
Human MC4R variants affect endocytosis, trafficking and dimerization revealing multiple cellular mechanisms involved in weight regulation.
Brouwers B et al.
Cell Reports, 2021
33761344 (PubMed )
Supplement: mmc2.xlsx › Table_S1
Evaluation of the MC4R gene across eMERGE network identifies many unreported obesity-associated variants.
Namjou B et al.
International Journal of Obesity (2005), 2021
Pharmacological chaperones for the misfolded melanocortin-4 receptor associated with human obesity.
Huang H et al.
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease, 2017
Evaluation of a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist (Setmelanotide) in MC4R deficiency.
Collet TH et al.
Molecular Metabolism, 2017
29031731 (PubMed )
Supplement: mmc2.xlsx › Table_S2
Defect in MAPK signaling as a cause for monogenic obesity caused by inactivating mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor gene.
He S et al.
International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2014
Functional studies on twenty novel naturally occurring melanocortin-4 receptor mutations.
Wang ZQ et al.
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta, 2011
Point mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor cause variable obesity in mice.
Meehan TP et al.
Mammalian Genome : Official Journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society, 2006
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