title: Proopiomelanocortin signaling system is operating in mast cells.
abstract: The proopiomelanocortin (POMC) system is the central coordinator of the systemic endocrine responses to sustained stress. It has been recently discovered that mast cells also display regulated production of POMC peptides. Since at the tissue level mast cells integrate stress responses into the neuroimmune regulatory network, it is likely that the POMC system is involved in mast cells' functions in tissue homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Health Science Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 38163, USA. Alsominski@utmem.edu
authors.forename: Andrzej T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Slominski
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin