Related MeSH Hierarchy (8)
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones
Description
Peptides with the ability to stimulate pigmented cells MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. By stimulating the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in these pigmented cells, they increase coloration of skin and other tissue. MSHs, derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are produced by MELANOTROPHS in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY; CORTICOTROPHS in the ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY, and the hypothalamic neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS. MeSH
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