Ghrelin is a peptide hormone produced by the gastrointestinal tract, with multiple actions in the body. Its best-known function involves energy metabolism. Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone which ...

Ghrelin is a 28-amino-acid peptide resulting from the enzymatic processing of proghrelin by prohormone convertase 1/3. 1 It is secreted primarily by the fundus of the stomach in adult humans 2 and ...

Combining liraglutide with a very low-calorie ketogenic diet can lead to greater weight loss than the diet alone in adults ...

Ghrelin is involved in eating, whether to push up energy reserves or for the sake of pleasure. This action occurs when it binds to the GHS-R located in many sites in the central nervous system.

Ghrelin is the "hunger hormone" that triggers intense food cravings - especially for high-calorie foods. But the results of a new study suggest that it might be possible to develop a pill to block ...

R M Meyer, A Burgos-Robles, E Liu, S S Correia, K A Goosens. A ghrelin–growth hormone axis drives stress-induced vulnerability to enhanced fear. Molecular Psychiatry, 2013; DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.135 ...

Ghrelin mediates stress-induced food-reward behavior in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2011; DOI: 10.1172/JCI57660 ...

The hormone, ghrelin, may help protect the elderly population from muscle loss, according to a study being presented at e-ECE 2020. The study found that administering a particular form of ghrelin ...

Ghrelin, an octanoylated 28-mer peptide hormone, activates the constitutively active growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a with nanomolar activity.

Ghrelin infusion induced an 80% increase in FFAs to 0.62 ± 0.03 mmol/l at t = 120 (P < 0.05), followed by a return to placebo levels during the clamp period (Figure 2C).