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growth hormone secretagogue receptor

Known as: GHS Receptor Type 1, Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Type 1, GHSR Protein 
Transmembrane proteins that recognize and bind GHRELIN, a potent stimulator of GROWTH HORMONE secretion and food intake in mammals. Ghrelin receptors… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Des-acyl ghrelin induces food intake by a mechanism independent of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.
Ghrelin, an acylated peptide produced predominantly in the stomach, stimulates feeding and GH secretion via interactions with the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Ghrelin stimulation of growth hormone release and appetite is mediated through the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.
Synthetic agonists of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) rejuvenate the pulsatile pattern of GH-release in the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The role of the gastric afferent vagal nerve in ghrelin-induced feeding and growth hormone secretion in rats.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Visceral sensory information is transmitted to the brain through the afferent vagus nerve. Ghrelin, a peptide… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A role for ghrelin in the central regulation of feeding
Ghrelin is an acylated peptide that stimulates the release of growth hormone from the pituitary. Ghrelin-producing neurons are… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Endocrine activities of ghrelin, a natural growth hormone secretagogue (GHS), in humans: comparison and interactions with hexarelin, a nonnatural peptidyl GHS, and GH-releasing hormone.
An endogenous ligand for the GH secretagogue-receptor (GHS-receptor) has recently been isolated, from both the rat and the human… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Ghrelin: discovery of the natural endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Structure-function studies on the new growth hormone-releasing peptide, ghrelin: minimal sequence of ghrelin necessary for activation of growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a.
The recently discovered growth hormone secretagogue, ghrelin, is a potent agonist at the human growth hormone secretagogue… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Co-Localization of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor and NPY mRNA in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Rat
Growth hormone secretagogues (GHS) are small, synthetic compounds which have the potential of releasing growth hormone (GH) from… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Distribution of mRNA encoding the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in brain and peripheral tissues.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Molecular analysis of rat pituitary and hypothalamic growth hormone secretagogue receptors.
GH release is thought to occur under the reciprocal regulation of two hypothalamic peptides, GH releasing hormone (GHRH) and… 
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