Vasodilatory effect of ghrelin, an endogenous peptide from the stomach

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 779-783

  Okumura, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagaya, Noritoshi ^a   Enomoto, Mitsunobu ^a   Nakagawa, Eiichiroh ^a   Oya, Hideo ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor I; Nitric oxide; Vasodilating peptide

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FOREARM; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; STOMACH; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036102978     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200206000-00001     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach
2. A receptor in pituitary and hypothalamus that functions in growth hormone release
3. Hemodynamic and hormonal effects of human ghrelin in healthy volunteers
4. Nitric oxide may mediate the hemodynamic effects of recombinant growth hormone in patients with acquired growth hormone deficiency: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study
5. Identification of the direct vasodilator effect of milrinone with an isolated limb preparation in patients with chronic congestive heart failure
6. GH-releasing activity of hexarelin, a new growth hormone releasing peptide, in infant and adult rats
7. Serum nitrite sensitively reflects endothelial NO formation in human forearm vasculature: Evidence for biochemical assessment of the endothelial L-arginine-NO pathway
8. Potent and longlasting vasodilatory effects of adrenomedullin in humans: Comparisons between normal subjects and patients with chronic heart failure
9. Ghrelin stimulates gastric acid secretion and motility in rats
10. Ghrelin acts in the central nervous system to stimulate gastric acid secretion
11. Nitric oxide modulation of the growth hormone-releasing activity of hexarelin in young and old dogs
12. Nitric oxide and cardiac autonomic control in humans