Ghrelin and glucose homeostasis

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2309-2318

  Delhanty, P J D ^a   Van Der Lely, A J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ghrelin; Metabolism; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN;

ENERGY; FOOD; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIVER; MICE; OBESITY; PEPTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960333463     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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