Ghrelin, a natural gh secretagogue produced by the stomach, induces hyperglycemia and reduces insulin secretion in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5083-5086

  Broglio, Fabio ^a   Arvat, Emanuela ^a   Benso, Andrea ^a   Gottero, Cristina ^a   Muccioli, Giampiero ^b   Papotti, Mauro ^b   Van Der Lely, Aart Jan ^c   Deghenghi, Romano ^d   Ghigo, Ezio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Ardana   (France)

^e MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEXARELIN; INSULIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0034751526     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.10.5083     Document Type: Article

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