Serum acylated ghrelin concentrations in response to short-term overfeeding in normal weight, overweight, and obese men.

Ghrelin, an orexigenic gut hormone secreted primarily from the stomach, is involved in energy homeostasis. However, little data is available regarding its response to energy surplus and the development of human obesity.The present study investigated the response of circulating acylated ghrelin to a...

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Main Authors: Danny Wadden, Farrell Cahill, Peyvand Amini, Edward Randell, Sudesh Vasdev, Yanqing Yi, Weizhen Zhang, Guang Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459950?pdf=render