Role of Melanocortin Receptors in the Regulation of Gouty Inflammation

Abstract Gouty arthritis is a form of acute joint inflammation provoked by joint deposition of urate crystals. Although this acute pathology resolves after a few days, the marked degree of inflammation in the joint and—possibly more important to the patient—the excruciating pain it causes require pr...
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Autor*in:

Montero-Melendez, Trinidad [verfasserIn]

Patel, Hetal B. [verfasserIn]

Perretti, Mauro [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2011

Schlagwörter:

Inflammation

Macrophage

Animal models

Anti-inflammatory therapeutics

G-protein–coupled receptor

Drug discovery

Gout

Inflammatory arthritis

Interleukin-1

Clinical development

Receptor agonists

Urate inflammation

ACTH

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Melanocortin receptor 3

MC1

MC3

MC5

Neutrophil recruitment

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Current rheumatology reports - Philadelphia, Pa. : Current Science Inc., 1999, 13(2011), 2 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 138-145

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:13 ; year:2011 ; number:2 ; day:18 ; month:01 ; pages:138-145

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11926-011-0163-0

Katalog-ID:

SPR023032227

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