Context: Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the GH secretagogue receptor, is an orexigenic
peptide hormone produced primarily by the stomach. Recent studies suggest significant …

Ghrelin is a gastric peptide hormone that has an important role in appetite control and GH
release. Circulating ghrelin levels are inversely correlated with body mass index and …

Four years ago Kojima and coworkers discovered ghrelin. Within this short lifespan ghrelin
has become one of the" hottest topics" in metabolic research, and today more than 300 …

Context: Ghrelin, an acylated peptide hormone secreted from the gut, regulates appetite and
metabolism. Elucidating its pattern of secretion in the fed and fasted states is important in the …

Ghrelin is an acylated peptide with growth-hormonereleasing activity (1). It was first isolated
from rat and human stomach during the search for an endogenous ligand to the “orphan” G …

Several assays are available to measure human ghrelin (h-GHS), but the comparability of
results among assays is unknown. As an addition to previous investigations concerning the …

Two forms of ghrelin, acylated and desacyl, circulate in plasma. Although acylation is
thought to be essential for ghrelin biological activities, recent studies have suggested that …

Ghrelin is an acylated peptide with growth-hormonereleasing function (1, 2). It was first
isolated from rat stomach during the search for an endogenous ligand to an “orphan” G …

Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the GH secretagogue receptor, was isolated from rat
stomach and is involved in a novel system for regulating GH release. Although previous …

Objective Ghrelin is an acylated peptide, whose octanoyl modification is essential for its
biological activities. Previous studies demonstrated that fasting plasma ghrelin levels were …