Separate measurement of plasma levels of acylated and desacyl ghrelin in healthy subjects using a new direct ELISA assay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Akamizu, Takashi ^a,b   Shinomiya, Toshiaki ^c   Irako, Taiga ^a   Fukunaga, Mikihiko ^c   Nakai, Yoshihide ^c   Nakai, Yoshikatsu ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^a,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INSULIN;

ACYLATION AND DEACYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ACYLATION; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 12244299859     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1640     Document Type: Article

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