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BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of melasma has not yet been clearly demonstrated. But, clinical manifestations such as remarkable lesional symmetry and the distribution related to trigeminal nerves, suggest that the neural...
Kim YI, Ha TY, Kim ES, Nam-Goong , O'Dorisio , Hur MK, Park SK
KMID: 1837622
J Korean Soc Endocrinol.
2004 Apr;19(2):152-164.
BACKGROUND: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) plays the role of a hypophysiotropic factor, which regulates the synthesis and secretion of pituitary hormones through the hypothalamo-hypophysial portal system. No clear evidence...
Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) was first isolated from ovine hypothalamus and was known to stimulate the release of growth factor in various cells. Recently, we reported the cellular...