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Ghrelin: The Hunger Hormone that Isn't
Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid acylated peptide hormone secreted by endocrine cells in the stomach. It was first identified in 1999 and shortly thereafter shown to stimulate appetite when injected into rodents and humans. While ghrelin knockout mice have failed to show a decrease in appetite or …
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The ghrelin system links dietary lipids with the endocrine control of energy homeostasis
Ghrelin is a unique hunger-inducing stomach-borne hormone. It activates orexigenic circuits in the central nervous system (CNS) when acylated with a fatty acid residue by the Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT). Soon after the discovery of ghrelin a theoretical model emerged which suggests that the …