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Ghrelin and its potential in the treatment of eating/wasting disorders and cachexia

The gastrointestinal “hunger” hormone ghrelin is the only known circulating peripheral molecule with the ability to decrease body fat utilization and to increase body weight gain. Accordingly, due to ghrelin’s effects to promote food intake while decreasing energy expenditure ghrelin may offer poten...

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Main Authors: Müller, Timo D., Perez-Tilve, Diego, Tong, Jenny, Pfluger, Paul T., Tschöp, Matthias H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475701
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-010-0012-4
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