Concentration of the n-octanoylated active form of ghrelin in fetal and neonatal circulation

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Yokota, Ichiro ^a   Kitamura, Seiko ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b   Kotani, Yumiko ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Ghrelin; N Octanoylated form; Neonate

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; SERINE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; N OCTANOYLATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PEPTIDE HORMONES; REFERENCE VALUES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 19744373577     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.271     Document Type: Article

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