"Receptor, Melatonin, MT2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A melatonin receptor subtype primarily found expressed in the BRAIN and RETINA.
| Descriptor ID |
D044123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.440.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Melatonin, MT2- Receptor, Melatonin, MT2
- Melatonin 1b Receptor
- Receptor, Melatonin 1b
- MT2 Receptor
- Receptor, MT2
- Mel 1b Receptor
- Melatonin MT2 Receptor
- MT2 Receptor, Melatonin
- Receptor, Melatonin MT2
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptor, Melatonin, MT2" by people in Profiles.
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Felder-Schmittbuhl MP, Hicks D, Ribelayga CP, Tosini G. Melatonin in the mammalian retina: Synthesis, mechanisms of action and neuroprotection. J Pineal Res. 2024 04; 76(3):e12951.
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Tchio C, Musani SK, Quarshie A, Tosini G. Association between MTNR1B polymorphisms and obesity in African American: findings from the Jackson Heart Study. BMC Med Genomics. 2021 May 21; 14(1):136.
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S?nchez-Breta?o A, Suen TC, Baba K, DeBruyne J, Tosini G. Melatonin receptor heterodimerization in a photoreceptor-like cell line endogenously expressing melatonin receptors. Mol Vis. 2019; 25:791-799.
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Keaton JM, Gao C, Guan M, Hellwege JN, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Fornage M, Wilson JG, Correa A, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rotter JI, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Rich SS, Wagenknecht LE, Freedman BI, Ng MCY, Bowden DW. Genome-wide interaction with the insulin secretion locus MTNR1B reveals CMIP as a novel type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene in African Americans. Genet Epidemiol. 2018 Sep; 42(6):559-570.
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S?nchez-Breta?o A, Baba K, Janjua U, Piano I, Gargini C, Tosini G. Melatonin partially protects 661W cells from H2O2-induced death by inhibiting Fas/FasL-caspase-3. Mol Vis. 2017; 23:844-852.
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Laurent V, Sengupta A, S?nchez-Breta?o A, Hicks D, Tosini G. Melatonin signaling affects the timing in the daily rhythm of phagocytic activity by the retinal pigment epithelium. Exp Eye Res. 2017 12; 165:90-95.
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Owino S, Contreras-Alcantara S, Baba K, Tosini G. Melatonin Signaling Controls the Daily Rhythm in Blood Glucose Levels Independent of Peripheral Clocks. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0148214.
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Baba K, Benleulmi-Chaachoua A, Journ? AS, Kamal M, Guillaume JL, Dussaud S, Gbahou F, Yettou K, Liu C, Contreras-Alcantara S, Jockers R, Tosini G. Heteromeric MT1/MT2 melatonin receptors modulate photoreceptor function. Sci Signal. 2013 Oct 08; 6(296):ra89.
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Dortch-Carnes J, Tosini G. Melatonin receptor agonist-induced reduction of SNP-released nitric oxide and cGMP production in isolated human non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells. Exp Eye Res. 2013 Feb; 107:1-10.