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Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid peptide first isolated from rat and human stomachs. Together with the recently discovered 23-amino acid obestatin, it is derived from proghrelin by posttranslational processing. Cells immunoreactive to ghrelin are widely distributed in the gastric mucosa in domestic and laboratory animals and in humans. Ghrelin plays an important role in energy homeostasis, body weight control,...
Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been primarily isolated from the human and rat stomach. Ghrelin has been shown to stimulate appetite and fat deposition in adult rats and humans. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ghrelin administration on pancreatic growth in suckling, weaned and peripubertal seven week old rats. Rats were treated...
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