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Altered lipid and salt taste responsivity in ghrelin and GOAT null mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Cai Huan, Cong Wei-Na, Daimon Caitlin M, Wang Rui, Tschöp Matthias H, Sévigny Jean, Martin Bronwen, Maudsley Stuart
Abstract excerpt
Taste perception plays an important role in regulating food preference, eating behavior and energy homeostasis. Taste perception is modulated by a variety of factors, including gastric hormones such as ghrelin. Ghrelin can regulate growth hormone release, food intake, adiposity, and energy metabolism. Octanoylation of ghrelin by ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) is a specific post-translational modification which...
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