Review Article
Interactions of Gastrointestinal Peptides: Ghrelin and Its Anorexigenic Antagonists
Table 1
Physiological effects of ghrelin.
| Reference | Physiological effect |
| Masuda 2000, Dornoville 2004 [56, 57] | Increased gastrointestinal motility | Masuda 2000, Date 2001 [56, 58] | Influence on gastric acid secretion | Broglio 2001, Dezaki 2004, Yada 2008 [59ā61] | Reduction of insulin secretion | Nagaya 2001 [62] | Decreased blood pressure | Baldanzi 2002 [63] | Inhibition of apoptosis in cardiomyocytes | Cassoni 2001 [64] | Inhibition of proliferation in breast cancer | Weikel 2003 [65] | Extension of slow-wave sleep | Asakawa 2001, Carlini 2002 [66, 67] | Anxiogenesis and memory consolidation |
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