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Ghrelin as the Basis for Treating Functional Dyspepsia and Gut Motility Disorders

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The takeaway

Ghrelin's gastroprokinetic effects provide the hormonal basis for treating functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis, with ghrelin agonists showing clinical potential for these common and debilitating GI motility disorders.

Key finding

Ghrelin's gastroprokinetic effects provide the hormonal basis for treating functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis, with ghrelin agonists showing clini

What the researchers found

Ghrelin's gastroprokinetic effects provide the hormonal basis for treating functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis, with ghrelin agonists showing clinical potential for these common and debilitating GI motility disorders.

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 2011.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Ghrelin as the Basis for Treating Functional Dyspepsia and Gut Motility Disorders
What was found?
Ghrelin's gastroprokinetic effects provide the hormonal basis for treating functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis, with ghrelin agonists showing clinical potential for these common and debilitating GI motility disorders.

Read the original research

Ghrelin: a gut hormonal basis of motility regulation and functional dyspepsia.

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 26 Suppl 3, 67-72

Citation

Ogiso, Kazuma; Asakawa, Akihiro; Amitani, Haruka; Inui, Akio. (2011). Ghrelin: a gut hormonal basis of motility regulation and functional dyspepsia.. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 26 Suppl 3, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06630.x