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Clinical Obesity, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.Summary Background Bariatric surgery is very effective in long‐term weight management. The present study was undertaken to investigate the short‐term effects of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and of Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass (RYGB) on (a) gastrointestinal (GI) motility, that is gastric emptying and oro‐cecal transit time and (b) secretion of regulatory gut ...
Jennifer A. Wilbrink +4 more
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Charge Characteristics of Agouti-Related Protein Implicate Potent Involvement of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Metabolic Function. [PDF]
, 2019 The endogenous melanocortin peptide agouti-related protein (AgRP) plays a well-known role in foraging, but its contribution to metabolic regulation is less understood.
Chen, Jihuan +9 more
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Clinical Obesity, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.Summary Chronic stress, characterized by increased long‐term exposure to the glucocorticoid hormone cortisol, is increasingly linked to obesity development. Still, various knowledge gaps persist, including on underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. The aim of the current review is to provide the latest insights on the connection between stress and ...
Robin Lengton +4 more
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Obestatin as a key regulator of metabolism and cardiovascular function with emerging therapeutic potential for diabetes [PDF]
, 2016 Obestatin is a 23-amino acid C-terminally amidated gastrointestinal peptide derived from preproghrelin and which forms an alpha helix. Although obestatin has a short biological half-life and is rapidly degraded, it is proposed to exert wide-ranging ...
Burch, Kerry J +3 more
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Piezo2 in Mechanosensory Biology: From Physiological Homeostasis to Disease‐Promoting Mechanisms
Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.Piezo2 channels are essential mechanotransducers regulating touch, proprioception and visceral mechanosensation across physiological systems, emerging as therapeutic targets for pathological mechanical hypersensitivity and neurogenic disorders. ABSTRACT Piezo2, a mechanically activated ion channel, serves as the key molecular transducer for touch ...
Zhebin Cheng +4 more
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Effects of Subacute Hypothyroidism on Metabolism and Growth-Related Molecules
Molecules, 2014 Thyroid hormones are crucial hormones that primarily regulate the metabolism of entire body cells. In this study, Sprague-Dawley rats were grouped into sham thyroidectomy (Sham Tx), thyroidectomy (Tx), Tx with thyroxine replacement (Tx + T4), and PTU ...
Yen-Jui Chang +4 more
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Acromegaly: pathogenesis & treatment [PDF]
, 2019 Acromegaly is a multi-system disorder whose etiology is most often traced back to a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma (PA). Growth hormone (GH) secretion promotes insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) release from peripheral tissues, leading to ...
Tilvawala, Megha
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Acetylcholine regulates ghrelin secretion in humans [PDF]
, 2004 Ghrelin secretion has been reportedly increased by fasting and energy restriction but decreased by food intake, glucose, insulin, and somatostatin. However, its regulation is still far from clarified.
Aart Jan van der Lely +60 more
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Advances in comparative endocrinology : vol. VIII [PDF]
, 2016 Ponències presentades al 10th Congress of the Iberian Association of Comparative Endocrinology (AIEC), celebrat a la Universitat Jaume I, els dies 23 al 25 de setembre de 2015Les diverses comunicacions presentades al 10è Congrés de la Asociación Ibérica ...
Calduch-Giner, Josep +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2013 Ghrelin-system components [native ghrelin, In1-ghrelin, Ghrelin-O-acyltransferase enzyme (GOAT) and receptors (GHS-Rs)] are expressed in a wide variety of tissues, including the pancreas, where they exert different biological actions including regulation
Belén Chanclón +7 more
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