GOAT: the master switch for the ghrelin system?

Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) is essential for growth hormone-mediated survival of calorie-restricted mice

(2010) T.-J. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colocalization of ghrelin O-acyltransferase and ghrelin in gastric mucosal cells

(2009) Ichiro Sakata et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Expression and modulation of ghrelinO-acyltransferase in cultured chondrocytes

(2009) Rodolfo Gómez et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) has a preference for n-hexanoyl-CoA over n-octanoyl-CoA as an acyl donor

(2009) Hideko Ohgusu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Production of n-octanoyl-modified Ghrelin in Cultured Cells Requires Prohormone Processing Protease and Ghrelin O-acyltransferase, as well as n-octanoic Acid

(2009) Tomoko Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

GOAT links dietary lipids with the endocrine control of energy balance

(2009) Henriette Kirchner et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Identification of the Acyltransferase that Octanoylates Ghrelin, an Appetite-Stimulating Peptide Hormone

(2008) Jing Yang et al.   CELL

Ghrelin Infusion in Humans Induces Acute Insulin Resistance and Lipolysis Independent of Growth Hormone Signaling

(2008) E. T. Vestergaard et al.   DIABETES

Novel Ghrelin Assays Provide Evidence for Independent Regulation of Ghrelin Acylation and Secretion in Healthy Young Men

(2008) Jianhua Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Influence of chronic undernutrition and leptin on GOAT mRNA levels in rat stomach mucosa

(2008) C Ruth González et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Inhibition of ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT) by octanoylated pentapeptides

(2008) J. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ghrelin octanoylation mediated by an orphan lipid transferase

(2008) J. A. Gutierrez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acute Effects of Ghrelin Administration on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

(2007) Esben Thyssen Vestergaard et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM