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Ghrelin

  • T. D. Müller
  • , R. Nogueiras
  • , M. L. Andermann
  • , Z. B. Andrews
  • , S. D. Anker
  • , J. Argente
  • , R. L. Batterham
  • , S. C. Benoit
  • , C. Y. Bowers
  • , F. Broglio
  • , F. F. Casanueva
  • , D. D'Alessio
  • , I. Depoortere
  • , A. Geliebter
  • , E. Ghigo
  • , P. A. Cole
  • , M. Cowley
  • , D. E. Cummings
  • , A. Dagher
  • , S. Diano
  • S. L. Dickson, C. Diéguez, R. Granata, H. J. Grill, K. Grove, K. M. Habegger, K. Heppner, M. L. Heiman, L. Holsen, B. Holst, A. Inui, J. O. Jansson, H. Kirchner, M. Korbonits, B. Laferrère, C. W. LeRoux, M. Lopez, S. Morin, M. Nakazato, R. Nass, D. Perez-Tilve, P. T. Pfluger, T. W. Schwartz, R. J. Seeley, M. Sleeman, Y. Sun, L. Sussel, J. Tong, M. O. Thorner, A. J. van der Lely, L. H.T. van der Ploeg, J. M. Zigman, M. Kojima, K. Kangawa, R. G. Smith, T. Horvath, M. H. Tschöp
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Monash University
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • University College London
  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Tulane University Health Sciences Center
  • University of Torino
  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
  • Duke University School of Medicine
  • KU Leuven
  • Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • University of Washington School of Medicine
  • McGill University
  • Yale University Medical School
  • Göteborgs Universitet
  • University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  • Oregon National Primate Research Center
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
  • NuMe Health
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck
  • Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Miyazaki Faculty of Medicine
  • University of Virginia
  • D.
  • University of Michigan Medical School
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Columbia University
  • Erasmus University Medical Center
  • Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Kurume University
  • National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
  • Department of Neuroscience

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Abstract

The gastrointestinal peptide hormone ghrelin was discovered in 1999 as the endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Increasing evidence supports more complicated and nuanced roles for the hormone, which go beyond the regulation of systemic energy metabolism. Scope of review: In this review, we discuss the diverse biological functions of ghrelin, the regulation of its secretion, and address questions that still remain 15 years after its discovery. Major conclusions: In recent years, ghrelin has been found to have a plethora of central and peripheral actions in distinct areas including learning and memory, gut motility and gastric acid secretion, sleep/wake rhythm, reward seeking behavior, taste sensation and glucose metabolism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)437-460
Number of pages24
JournalMolecular Metabolism
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2015

Keywords

  • Ghrelin
  • Growth hormone segretagogue receptor

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