GHRL gene

Ghrelin, an orexigenic hormone produced by the stomach, is secreted in anticipation of scheduled meals and in correlation with… (More)

Sleep loss is currently proposed to disturb endocrine regulation of energy homeostasis leading to weight gain and obesity… (More)

CONTEXT Administration of retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP-4) impairs insulin sensitivity in animals, and elevated serum… (More)

During the past decade, many salivary parameters have been used to characterize disease states. Ghrelin (GAH) is recently… (More)

Endogenous compounds, including ingestive peptides, can interact with the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in different ways. Here we… (More)

Recently, the ligand of the orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR39 has been identified as obestatin, a 23-amino acid peptide… (More)

Ghrelin, a circulating appetite-inducing hormone, is derived from a prohormone by posttranslational processing. On the basis of… (More)

Three members of the ghrelin receptor family were characterized in parallel: the ghrelin receptor, the neurotensin receptor 2 and… (More)

Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand for the GH-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), is a recently cloned peptide, primarily expressed in the… (More)

Central (intracerebral ventral) and peripheral (subcutaneous and intraperitoneal) administration of ghrelin causes obesity in… (More)