Neuroendocrine and metabolic activities of ghrelin gene products

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2323-2332

  Baragli, Alessandra ^a   Lanfranco, Fabio ^a   Allasia, Stefano ^a   Granata, Riccarda ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acylated ghrelin; Adipose tissue; Liver; Neuroendocrine axis; Obestatin; Pancreas; Unacylated ghrelin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; OBESTATIN; PROLACTIN;

ACYLATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPINS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PANCREAS; PROLACTIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 81755185430     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.10.024     Document Type: Review

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