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Thermogenic characterization of ghrelin receptor null mice.
Methods in enzymology - 1 Jan 2012
Lin Ligen, Sun Yuxiang
Abstract excerpt
Ghrelin is the only known circulating orexigenic hormone that increases food intake and promotes adiposity, and these physiological functions of ghrelin are mediated through its receptor growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Ghrelin/GHS-R signaling plays a crucial role in energy homeostasis. Old GHS-R null mice exhibit a healthy phenotype-lean and insulin sensitive. Interestingly, the GHS-R null mice have...
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