This comprehensive 2006 review covers ghrelin's complete biology including regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, adiposity, GI motility, and its therapeutic potential as both an obesity target (antagonists) and cachexia treatment (agonists).
Key findingGhrelin's complete food intake and energy homeostasis biology: meal-related regulation, orexigenic hypothalamic signaling, energy expenditure effects,
What the researchers found
Ghrelin's complete food intake and energy homeostasis biology: meal-related regulation, orexigenic hypothalamic signaling, energy expenditure effects, adiposity promotion, GI motility control, and bidirectional therapeutic potential (antagonists for obesity, agonists for cachexia).
Why it matters
Relevant for ghrp, weight-loss, hormone-optimization.
How the study worked
review study on ghrp, weight-loss.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
strong evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2006.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
- Clinical translation to evaluate.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Ghrelin: a hormone regulating food intake and energy homeostasis.
The British journal of nutrition, 96(2), 201-26
Citation
Gil-Campos, Mercedes; Aguilera, Concepción María; Cañete, Ramón; Gil, Angel. (2006). Ghrelin: a hormone regulating food intake and energy homeostasis.. The British journal of nutrition, 96(2), 201-26.