| Host defense peptides as a new drug lead to a strategy for inflammatory bowel disease.Drug Discov Today | Review of studies | 2025 |
| The Melanocortin System in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Insights into Its Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potentials.Cells | Review of studies | 2023 |
| Terminal signal: anti-inflammatory effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone related peptides beyond the pharmacophore.Adv Exp Med Biol | Review of studies | 2010 |
| Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and related tripeptides: biochemistry, antiinflammatory and protective effects in vitro and in vivo, and future perspectives for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.Endocr Rev | Review of studies | 2008 |
| New insights into the functions of alpha-MSH and related peptides in the immune system.Ann N Y Acad Sci | Review of studies | 2003 |
| The neuropeptide alpha-MSH in host defense.Ann N Y Acad Sci | Review of studies | 2000 |
| The neuroimmunomodulatory peptide alpha-MSH.Ann N Y Acad Sci | Review of studies | 2000 |
| Growth Factors-Loaded Temperature-Sensitive Hydrogel as Biomimetic Mucus Attenuated Murine Ulcerative Colitis via Repairing the Mucosal Barriers.ACS Appl Mater Interfaces | In animals | 2024 |
| Skin-adaptive film dressing with smart-release of growth factors accelerated diabetic wound healing.Int J Biol Macromol | In animals | 2022 |
| Self-Cross-Linked Hydrogel of Cysteamine-Grafted γ-Polyglutamic Acid Stabilized Tripeptide KPV for Alleviating TNBS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Rats.ACS Biomater Sci Eng | In animals | 2021 |
| A PepT1 mediated medicinal nano-system for targeted delivery of cyclosporine A to alleviate acute severe ulcerative colitis.Biomater Sci | In animals | 2019 |
| Melanocortin-derived tripeptide KPV has anti-inflammatory potential in murine models of inflammatory bowel disease.Inflamm Bowel Dis | In animals | 2008 |
| Effects of the COOH-terminal tripeptide alpha-MSH(11-13) on corneal epithelial wound healing: role of nitric oxide.Exp Eye Res | In animals | 2006 |
| Inhibitory effects of the peptide (CKPV)2 on endotoxin-induced host reactions.J Surg Res | In animals | 2006 |
| Dissection of the anti-inflammatory effect of the core and C-terminal (KPV) alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone peptides.J Pharmacol Exp Ther | In animals | 2003 |
| Downregulation of glucocorticoid receptors of liver cytosols and the role of the inflammatory cytokines in pathological stress in scalded rats.Burns | In animals | 2002 |
| Changes in glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors of liver and kidney cytosols after pathologic stress and its regulation in rats.Crit Care Med | In animals | 2002 |
| [Changes in aldosterone binding activity of kidney cytosol after stress in rats and the regulation].Sheng Li Xue Bao | In animals | 2001 |
| PepT1-mediated tripeptide KPV uptake reduces intestinal inflammation.Gastroenterology | In a lab dish | 2008 |
| Lysine-Proline-Valine attenuates oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced foam cell formation and inflammatory responses in RAW264.7 macrophages.Tissue Cell | Other paper | 2026 |
| KPV attenuates adipogenesis and lipid metabolism through modulation of ROS-mediated AKT/mTORC1/PPARγ signaling.Tissue Cell | Other paper | 2026 |
| Lysine-proline-valine peptide attenuates hepatic lipid accumulation through ROS-dependent regulation of the PPARγ pathway in HepG2 cells.Cytotechnology | Other paper | 2026 |
| Inflammation-triggered self-immolative conjugates enable oral peptide delivery by overcoming gastrointestinal barriers.Sci Adv | Other paper | 2026 |
| Lysine-Proline-Valine peptide mitigates fine dust-induced keratinocyte apoptosis and inflammation by regulating oxidative stress and modulating the MAPK/NF-κB pathway.Tissue Cell | Other paper | 2025 |
| KPV and RAPA Self-Assembled into Carrier-Free Nanodrugs for Vascular Calcification Therapy.Adv Healthc Mater | Other paper | 2024 |
| PepT1-targeted nanodrug based on co-assembly of anti-inflammatory peptide and immunosuppressant for combined treatment of acute and chronic DSS-induced ColitiS.Front Pharmacol | Other paper | 2024 |
| A nanoparticle platform for combined mucosal healing and immunomodulation in inflammatory bowel disease treatment.Bioact Mater | Other paper | 2024 |
| In situ mucoadhesive hydrogel capturing tripeptide KPV: the anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and repairing effect on chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis.Biomater Sci | Other paper | 2021 |
| Novel anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effects of the human melanocortin MC1 receptor agonist BMS-470539 dihydrochloride and human melanocortin MC3 receptor agonist PG-990 on lipopolysaccharide activated chondrocytes.Eur J Pharmacol | Other paper | 2020 |
| Are melanocortin peptides future therapeutics for cutaneous wound healing?Exp Dermatol | Other paper | 2019 |
| Structural modification of the tripeptide KPV by reductive "glycoalkylation" of the lysine residue.PLoS One | Other paper | 2018 |
| Orally Targeted Delivery of Tripeptide KPV via Hyaluronic Acid-Functionalized Nanoparticles Efficiently Alleviates Ulcerative Colitis.Mol Ther | Other paper | 2017 |
| Transdermal Iontophoretic Delivery of Lysine-Proline-Valine (KPV) Peptide Across Microporated Human Skin.J Pharm Sci | Other paper | 2017 |
| Peptide Receptor-Targeted Fluorescent Probe: Visualization and Discrimination between Chronic and Acute Ulcerative Colitis.ACS Appl Mater Interfaces | Other paper | 2017 |
| Critical role of PepT1 in promoting colitis-associated cancer and therapeutic benefits of the anti-inflammatory PepT1-mediated tripeptide KPV in a murine model.Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol | Other paper | 2016 |
| Stability-indicating HPLC assay for lysine-proline-valine (KPV) in aqueous solutions and skin homogenates.Biomed Chromatogr | Other paper | 2015 |
| Modulation of basophil activity: a novel function of the neuropeptide α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone.J Allergy Clin Immunol | Other paper | 2012 |
| Inhibition of cellular and systemic inflammation cues in human bronchial epithelial cells by melanocortin-related peptides: mechanism of KPV action and a role for MC3R agonists.Int J Physiol Pathophysiol Pharmacol | Other paper | 2012 |
| Drug-loaded nanoparticles targeted to the colon with polysaccharide hydrogel reduce colitis in a mouse model.Gastroenterology | Other paper | 2010 |
| alpha-MSH related peptides: a new class of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating drugs.Ann Rheum Dis | Other paper | 2007 |
| Immobilized alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone 10-13 (GKPV) inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulated NF-kappaB activity.Peptides | Other paper | 2006 |
| Three-dimensional structure of the alpha-MSH-derived candidacidal peptide [Ac-CKPV]2.J Pept Res | Other paper | 2005 |
| alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH 11-13 KPV and adrenocorticotropic hormone signalling in human keratinocyte cells.J Invest Dermatol | Other paper | 2004 |
| Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone peptides inhibit HIV-1 expression in chronically infected promonocytic U1 cells and in acutely infected monocytes.J Leukoc Biol | Other paper | 2000 |
| Antimicrobial effects of alpha-MSH peptides.J Leukoc Biol | Other paper | 2000 |