The following articles (labelled with PubMed ID or TBD) are for your review
PMID | Data | Article Title | Organization |
28045525 |
54 |
A Macrocyclic Agouti-Related Protein/[Nle |
University of Minnesota |
26959173 |
85 |
An in Vitro and in Vivo Investigation of Bivalent Ligands That Display Preferential Binding and Functional Activity for Different Melanocortin Receptor Homodimers. |
University of Minnesota |
26433448 |
10 |
A fragment of the Escherichia coli ClpB heat-shock protein is a micromolar melanocortin 1 receptor agonist. |
University of Minnesota |
26005535 |
28 |
Synthesis and Pharmacology ofa/ß(3)-Peptides Based on the Melanocortin Agonist Ac-His-dPhe-Arg-Trp-NH2 Sequence. |
University of Minnesota |
25898270 |
88 |
Discovery of aß-Hairpin Octapeptide, c[Pro-Arg-Phe-Phe-Dap-Ala-Phe-DPro], Mimetic of Agouti-Related Protein(87-132) [AGRP(87-132)] with Equipotent Mouse Melanocortin-4 Receptor (mMC4R) Antagonist Pharmacology. |
University of Minnesota |
25699138 |
38 |
Melanocortin antagonist tetrapeptides with minimal agonist activity at the mouse melanocortin-3 receptor. |
University of Minnesota |
25347033 |
93 |
1,4-disubstituted-[1,2,3]triazolyl-containing analogues of MT-II: design, synthesis, conformational analysis, and biological activity. |
University of Cergy-Pontoise |
24517312 |
98 |
Identification of tetrapeptides from a mixture based positional scanning library that can restore nM full agonist function of the L106P, I69T, I102S, A219V, C271Y, and C271R human melanocortin-4 polymorphic receptors (hMC4Rs). |
University of Florida |
23432160 |
78 |
Structure-activity relationships of peptides incorporating a bioactive reverse-turn heterocycle at the melanocortin receptors: identification of a 5800-fold mouse melanocortin-3 receptor (mMC3R) selective antagonist/partial agonist versus the mouse melanocortin-4 receptor (mMC4R). |
University of Florida |
15974575 |
127 |
Peptoid-peptide hybrids as potent novel melanocortin receptor ligands. |
Utrecht University |
19635667 |
110 |
Semi-rigid tripeptide agonists of melanocortin receptors. |
University of Cincinnati |
18800761 |
69 |
Melanocortin tetrapeptide Ac-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-NH2 modified at the para position of the benzyl side chain (DPhe): importance for mouse melanocortin-3 receptor agonist versus antagonist activity. |
University of Florida |
18220330 |
28 |
Backbone cyclic peptidomimetic melanocortin-4 receptor agonist as a novel orally administrated drug lead for treating obesity. |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
18271518 |
43 |
The 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione small molecule template results in melanocortin receptor agonists with nanomolar potencies. |
University of Florida |
15615519 |
42 |
Stereochemical studies of the monocyclic agouti-related protein (103-122) Arg-Phe-Phe residues: conversion of a melanocortin-4 receptor antagonist into an agonist and results in the discovery of a potent and selective melanocortin-1 agonist. |
University of Florida |
15857138 |
64 |
N-terminal fatty acylated His-dPhe-Arg-Trp-NH(2) tetrapeptides: influence of fatty acid chain length on potency and selectivity at the mouse melanocortin receptors and human melanocytes. |
University of Florida |
15828845 |
93 |
Structure-activity relationships of the unique and potent agouti-related protein (AGRP)-melanocortin chimeric Tyr-c[beta-Asp-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-Asn-Ala-Phe-Dpr]-Tyr-NH2 peptide template. |
University of Florida |
15084118 |
79 |
Identification of putative agouti-related protein(87-132)-melanocortin-4 receptor interactions by homology molecular modeling and validation using chimeric peptide ligands. |
University of Florida |
14998337 |
68 |
De novo design, synthesis, and pharmacology of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone analogues derived from somatostatin by a hybrid approach. |
University of Arizona |
12477357 |
96 |
Structure-activity relationships of the melanocortin tetrapeptide Ac-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-NH2 at the mouse melanocortin receptors. 4. Modifications at the Trp position. |
University of Florida |
12086493 |
120 |
Structure-activity relationships of the melanocortin tetrapeptide Ac-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-NH(2) at the mouse melanocortin receptors: part 2 modifications at the Phe position. |
University of Florida |
12061882 |
83 |
Structure-activity relationships of the melanocortin tetrapeptide Ac-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-NH(2) at the mouse melanocortin receptors. 1. Modifications at the His position. |
University of Florida |
11405661 |
61 |
Characterization of melanocortin NDP-MSH agonist peptide fragments at the mouse central and peripheral melanocortin receptors. |
University of Florida |
7658432 |
46 |
Cyclic lactam alpha-melanotropin analogues of Ac-Nle4-cyclo[Asp5, D-Phe7,Lys10] alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-(4-10)-NH2 with bulky aromatic amino acids at position 7 show high antagonist potency and selectivity at specific melanocortin receptors. |
University of Arizona |
14643357 |
29 |
Design and pharmacology of peptoids and peptide-peptoid hybrids based on the melanocortin agonists core tetrapeptide sequence. |
University of Florida |
12781199 |
64 |
Urea small molecule agonists on mouse melanocortin receptors. |
University of Florida |
21306168 |
36 |
Incorporation of a bioactive reverse-turn heterocycle into a peptide template using solid-phase synthesis to probe melanocortin receptor selectivity and ligand conformations by 2D 1H NMR. |
University of Florida |
20056544 |
50 |
The effect of backbone cyclization on PK/PD properties of bioactive peptide-peptoid hybrids: the melanocortin agonist paradigm. |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
30741545 |
166 |
Discovery of Polypharmacological Melanocortin-3 and -4 Receptor Probes and Identification of a 100-Fold Selective nM MC3R Agonist versus a ?M MC4R Partial Agonist. |
University of Minnesota |
31845801 |
78 |
Incorporation of Agouti-Related Protein (AgRP) Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the AgRP-Derived Macrocyclic Scaffold c[Pro-Arg-Phe-Phe-Asn-Ala-Phe-dPro] Decreases Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonist Potency and Results in the Discovery of Melanocortin-5 Receptor Antagonists. |
University of Minnesota |
32184956 |
59 |
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Melanocortin His-Phe-Arg-Trp Sequences Decrease Tetrapeptide Potency and Efficacy. |
University of Minnesota |
26555357 |
18 |
Microwave-assisted solid-phase synthesis of side-chain to side-chain lactam-bridge cyclic peptides. |
University of Minnesota |
30035543 |
34 |
Synergistic Multiresidue Substitutions of a Macrocyclic c[Pro-Arg-Phe-Phe-Asn-Ala-Phe-dPro] Agouti-Related Protein (AGRP) Scaffold Yield Potent and >600-Fold MC4R versus MC3R Selective Melanocortin Receptor Antagonists. |
University of Minnesota |
28453292 |
163 |
Discovery of Mixed Pharmacology Melanocortin-3 Agonists and Melanocortin-4 Receptor Tetrapeptide Antagonist Compounds (TACOs) Based on the Sequence Ac-Xaa |
University of Minnesota |
29578343 |
32 |
Human?-Defensin 1 and?-Defensin 3 (Mouse Ortholog mBD14) Function as Full Endogenous Agonists at Select Melanocortin Receptors. |
University of Florida |
28813605 |
68 |
Structure-Activity Relationship Studies on a Macrocyclic Agouti-Related Protein (AGRP) Scaffold Reveal Agouti Signaling Protein (ASP) Residue Substitutions Maintain Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonist Potency and Result in Inverse Agonist Pharmacology at the Melanocortin-5 Receptor. |
University of Minnesota |