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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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 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).