Ghrelin Axis Reveals the Interacting Influence of Central Obesity and Hypertension

Objective: This study aimed to investigate how central obesity and hypertension modulate unacylated ghrelin (UnAG), acylated ghrelin (AG), obestatin, growth hormone (GH), and the ratios of UnAG/obestatin, AG/obestatin, and total ghrelin/obestatin.Methods: Circulatory abundances of UnAG, AG, obestati...

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Main Authors: Angus P. Yu, Felix N. Ugwu, Bjorn T. Tam, Paul H. Lee, Christopher W. Lai, Cesar S. C. Wong, Parco M. Siu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00534/full