Cardiovascular actions of the ghrelin gene-derived peptides and growth hormone-releasing hormone

Obestatin is present in saliva: alterations in obestatin and ghrelin levels of saliva and serum in ischemic heart disease

(2011) Yilmaz Ozbay et al.   BMB Reports

Obestatin affords cardioprotection to the ischemic-reperfused isolated rat heart and inhibits apoptosis in cultures of similarly stressed cardiomyocytes

(2010) Giuseppe Alloatti et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Effects of GH Secretagogues on Contractility and Ca2+Homeostasis of Isolated Adult Rat Ventricular Myocytes

(2010) Qiang Sun et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Des-Acyl Ghrelin Has Specific Binding Sites and Different Metabolic Effects from Ghrelin in Cardiomyocytes

(2010) Pamela V. Lear et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Unraveling the role of the ghrelin gene peptides in the endocrine pancreas

(2010) Riccarda Granata et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Functional and in situ hybridization evidence that preganglionic sympathetic vasoconstrictor neurons express ghrelin receptors

(2010) D.M. Ferens et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Altered myocardial expression of ghrelin and its receptor (GHSR-1a) in patients with severe heart failure

(2010) Andres Beiras-Fernandez et al.   PEPTIDES

Cardioprotective effects of growth hormone-releasing hormone agonist after myocardial infarction

(2010) R. M. Kanashiro-Takeuchi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ghrelin Suppresses Inflammation and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in Focal Cerebral Ischemia Via the Vagus Nerve

(2010) Cletus Cheyuo et al.   SHOCK

Growth hormone-releasing hormone promotes survival of cardiac myocytes in vitro and protects against ischaemia–reperfusion injury in rat heart

(2009) Riccarda Granata et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Ghrelin Restores the Endothelin 1/Nitric Oxide Balance in Patients With Obesity-Related Metabolic Syndrome

(2009) Manfredi Tesauro et al.   HYPERTENSION

Influence of ghrelin gene polymorphisms on hypertension and atherosclerotic disease

(2009) Heiner K Berthold et al.   HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

Bolus intravenous injection of obestatin does not change blood pressure level of spontaneously hypertensive rat

(2009) Zhao-Feng Li et al.   PEPTIDES

Disturbance of circulating ghrelin and obestatin in chronic heart failure patients especially in those with cachexia

(2009) Xing Xin et al.   PEPTIDES

Ghrelin inhibits post-infarct myocardial remodeling and improves cardiac function through anti-inflammation effect

(2009) Cong-Xin Huang et al.   PEPTIDES

Inhibition of endoplasm reticulum stress by ghrelin protects against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat heart

(2009) Gai-Gai Zhang et al.   PEPTIDES

Plasma ghrelin and obestatin levels are increased in spontaneously hypertensive rats

(2009) Zhao-Feng Li et al.   PEPTIDES

Cardiovascular effects of ghrelin antagonist in conscious rats

(2009) Maria A. Vlasova et al.   REGULATORY PEPTIDES

Obestatin inhibits motor activity in the antrum and duodenum in the fed state of conscious rats

(2008) Koji Ataka et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2008) Jing Yang et al.   CELL

Molecular Mechanisms of Ghrelin-Mediated Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation

(2008) Xiangbin Xu et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Early Ghrelin Treatment after Myocardial Infarction Prevents an Increase in Cardiac Sympathetic Tone and Reduces Mortality

(2008) Daryl O. Schwenke et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Obestatin Induction of Early-Response Gene Expression in Gastrointestinal and Adipose Tissues and the Mediatory Role of G Protein-Coupled Receptor, GPR39

(2008) Jian V. Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Ghrelin, des-acyl ghrelin and obestatin: Three pieces of the same puzzle

(2008) João-Bruno Soares et al.   PEPTIDES

Obestatin: Its physicochemical characteristics and physiological functions

(2008) Sheng-Qiu Tang et al.   PEPTIDES

Obestatin, obesity and diabetes

(2008) An-Jing Ren et al.   PEPTIDES

Mechanisms Underlying Acute Protection From Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

(2008) Elizabeth Murphy et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

Ghrelin prevents doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity through TNF-alpha/NF-κB pathways and mitochondrial protective mechanisms

(2008) Zhiwei Xu et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Ghrelin suppresses cardiac sympathetic activity and prevents early left ventricular remodeling in rats with myocardial infarction

(2007) Takeshi Soeki et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Antagonists of growth-hormone-releasing hormone: an emerging new therapy for cancer

(2007) Andrew V Schally et al.   Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism