Ghrelin expression and actions: A novel peptide for an old cell type of the diffuse endocrine system

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 229, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1007-1016

  Rindi, Guido ^a   Torsello, Antonio ^b   Locatelli, Vittorio ^b   Solcia, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffuse endocrine system; Electron microscopy; Ghrelin; Growth hormone secretagogue; P D1; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STOMACH FUNCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 7244224713     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020422901004     Document Type: Short Survey

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