Ghrelin's role as a major regulator of appetite and its other functions in neuroendocrinology.

Ghrelin is a circulating growth-hormone-releasing and appetite-inducing brain-gut peptide. It is a known natural ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Ghrelin is acylated on its serine 3 residue by ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT). The acylation is essential for its orexigenic...

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Những tác giả chính: Lim, C, Kola, B, Korbonits, M, Grossman, AB
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2010