Title : Mitigating photosensitivity of erythropoietic protoporphyria patients by an agonistic analog of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone.

Pub. Date : 2009 Nov-Dec

PMID : 19656325






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1 Afamelanotide (Nle(4)-D-Phe(7)-alpha-MSH), a synthetic analog of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone and agonist of the melanocortin-1-receptor, promotes melanin synthesis, increasing skin pigmentation. Melanins proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens