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GHRP-6's Weight Gain Effects Depend on Insulin/Glucose Status — Metabolic Context Matters

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The takeaway

GHRP-6's fat-gaining effects were dependent on insulin/glucose metabolic status, with insulin resistance modifying the weight gain response — metabolic context determines whether GH peptides promote or prevent weight gain.

Key finding

GHRP-6's fat-gaining effects were dependent on insulin/glucose metabolic status, with insulin resistance modifying the weight gain response — metaboli

What the researchers found

GHRP-6's fat-gaining effects were dependent on insulin/glucose metabolic status, with insulin resistance modifying the weight gain response — metabolic context determines whether GH peptides promote or prevent weight gain.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
GHRP-6's Weight Gain Effects Depend on Insulin/Glucose Status — Metabolic Context Matters
What was found?
GHRP-6's fat-gaining effects were dependent on insulin/glucose metabolic status, with insulin resistance modifying the weight gain response — metabolic context determines whether GH peptides promote or prevent weight gain.

Read the original research

The positive effects of growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 on weight gain and fat mass accrual depend on the insulin/glucose status.

Endocrinology, 151(5), 2008-18

Citation

Granado, Miriam; García-Cáceres, Cristina; Frago, Laura M; Argente, Jesús; Chowen, Julie A. (2010). The positive effects of growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 on weight gain and fat mass accrual depend on the insulin/glucose status.. Endocrinology, 151(5), 2008-18. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2009-1394