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Beyond Hunger: The Structure, Signaling, and Systemic Roles of Ghrelin.
International journal of molecular sciences - 13 Nov 2025
Polishchuk Hlafira, Guzik Krzysztof, Kantyka Tomasz
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Our understanding of Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHSR1a), has expanded from considering it to be a "hunger hormone" to a pleiotropic regulator of whole-body physiology. This review synthesizes the current advances spanning ghrelin biogenesis, signaling, and systems biology. Physiologically, preproghrelin processing and O-acylation by ghrelin O-acyltransferase...
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