Curbing Inflammation through Endogenous Pathways: Focus on Melanocortin Peptides

The resolution of inflammation is now known to be an active process, armed with a multitude of mediators both lipid and protein in nature. Melanocortins are peptides endowed with considerable promise with their proresolution and anti-inflammatory effects in preclinical models of inflammatory disease...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tazeen J. Ahmed, Trinidad Montero-Melendez, Mauro Perretti, Costantino Pitzalis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/985815