Protective and therapeutic effects of ghrelin in the gut

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-125

  Warzecha, Z ^a   Dembinski A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Colitis; Food intake; Gastric ulcer; Ghrelin; Healing; Pancreatitis; Protection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALENDRONIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HEXARELIN; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTAGHRELIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE ANTAGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT GHRELIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UCL 2138; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PROTECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS INJURY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; STOMACH; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH PROTECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84857539577     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803414051     Document Type: Article

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