Skip to content

Study · Animal study (in vivo) · mouse · 2016

1 result

Magel2-null mice are hyper-responsive to setmelanotide, a melanocortin 4 receptor agonist.

Bischof JM, Van Der Ploeg LH, Colmers WF, Wevrick R

British journal of pharmacology27 Jul 2016Cited by 30 (Europe PMC)

Summary

The text of this summary is not shown here, because the article license does not allow reuse. Read it at the source (opens in a new tab)

Text rights: Publisher copyright. Results still quote short attributed sentences.

Results from this study1

1 result from studies that gave the peptide. No result from this study comes from people.

  1. 01AnimalAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    Magel2-null mice were hypersensitive to setmelanotide's appetite-suppressing and metabolic effects; the abstract provides no separate outcome results or explicit comparator.

    In plain wordsIn Magel2-null mice, sensitivity to setmelanotide's appetite-suppressing and metabolic effects was high; the abstract gives no explicit comparator.

    Outcome
    Direction not reportedSensitivity to appetite suppression and metabolic effects
    Study

    mousen: not reported in source

    Magel2-null mice
    Outcome group
    Appetite and food intake · Metabolic and weight
    Studied dose
    Dose not stated

    Source sentences

    Summary
    We show that Magel2-null mice are hypersensitive to the appetite suppressing and metabolic effects of setmelanotide.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    We tested a dose titration of the MC4 receptor agonist setmelanotide, in development for rare monogenic forms of obesity, in Magel2-null mice.

AI wrote and checked these results. AI can make mistakes, so check important results against the source.

Version history

PepBank keeps every version of the data on this study. Status changes from Retraction Watch, Europe PMC and Crossref are listed with their source.

  1. Version 2Current

    28 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    27 Oct 2026, 16:36 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

Subjects

Terms as the source lists them.

PepBank is a research reference. Talk to a doctor before you use any peptide.