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Michael James Houghton

Monash UniversityORCID 0000-0001-6579-7995Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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PhysiologybioRxivPreprintMar 26, 2025

α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Reduces Blood Glucose Across Species

Patrick Swan, Brett Johnson, Stephanie E. Simonds…·Michael Alexander Cowley

This study shows that α-MSH reduces blood glucose in humans and non-human primates via the MC5R pathway, suggesting it as a potential target for diabetes treatment.

DOI 10.1101/2025.03.26.645414

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