Pathophysiology and treatment of inflammatory anorexia in chronic disease

Dual Roles for Perivascular Macrophages in Immune-to-Brain Signaling

(2010) Jordi Serrats et al.   NEURON

Hypothalamic Actions of Tumor Necrosis Factor α Provide the Thermogenic Core for the Wastage Syndrome in Cachexia

(2009) Ana Paula Arruda et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Arcuate Nucleus Proopiomelanocortin Neurons Mediate the Acute Anorectic Actions of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor via gp130

(2009) Aaron J. Grossberg et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Ghrelin in the regulation of body weight and metabolism

(2009) T.R. Castañeda et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Ghrelin and leptin levels in cachectic patients with cancer of the digestive organs

(2009) Masanori Takahashi et al.   International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Combined effects of ghrelin and higher food intake enhance skeletal muscle mitochondrial oxidative capacity and AKT phosphorylation in rats with chronic kidney disease

(2009) Rocco Barazzoni et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Orally Available Selective Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonists Stimulate Food Intake and Reduce Cancer-Induced Cachexia in Mice

(2009) Philipp Weyermann et al.   PLoS One

Safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of intravenous ghrelin for cancer-related anorexia/cachexia: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, double-crossover study

(2008) F Strasser et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Cachexia: A new definition

(2008) William J. Evans et al.   CLINICAL NUTRITION

Regulation of Agouti-Related Protein Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Transcription and Peptide Secretion by Acute and Chronic Inflammation

(2008) Jarrad M. Scarlett et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

No effects of human ghrelin on cardiac function despite profound effects on body composition in a rat model of heart failure

(2008) Yoshihiro J. Akashi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

mPGES-1 knock-out mice are resistant to cancer-induced anorexia despite the absence of central mPGES-1 up-regulation in wild-type anorexic mice

(2008) E. Pecchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Modulation of melanocortin signaling ameliorates uremic cachexia

(2008) Wai W. Cheung et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

5-HT2CRs Expressed by Pro-Opiomelanocortin Neurons Regulate Energy Homeostasis

(2008) Yong Xu et al.   NEURON

Y eat?

(2008) Melissa J.S. Chee et al.   NUTRITION

Differential leptin access into the brain — A hierarchical organization of hypothalamic leptin target sites?

(2008) Heike Münzberg   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 reverses anorexia associated with chemotherapy with 5-fluoruracil in colon cancer cell-bearing mice

(2008) Simona Perboni et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Ghrelin Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: Improvements in Lean Body Mass and Cytokine Profile

(2007) Mark D. DeBoer et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Central blockade of melanocortin receptors attenuates the metabolic and locomotor responses to peripheral interleukin-1β administration

(2007) Keith W. Whitaker et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY