Serum acylated ghrelin is negatively correlated with the insulin resistance in the CODING study.

Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid orexigenic peptide synthesized mainly in the stomach. Acute administration of ghrelin has been found to decrease insulin secretion. However, little data is available regarding whether ghrelin contributes to the long-term regulation of insulin resistance at the population l...

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Main Authors: Peyvand Amini, Danny Wadden, Farrell Cahill, Edward Randell, Sudesh Vasdev, Xihua Chen, Wayne Gulliver, Weizhen Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Yanqing Yi, Guang Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3447757?pdf=render