Identification of Adropin as a Secreted Factor Linking Dietary Macronutrient Intake with Energy Homeostasis and Lipid Metabolism

K. Ganesh Kumar, James L. Trevaskis, Daniel D. Lam, +16

Cell Metabolism

Metabolic SyndromeNutritionEnergy MetabolismEnergy HomeostasisLipid Metabolism +9

Chronic Treatment With a Melanocortin-4 Receptor Agonist Causes Weight Loss, Reduces Insulin Resistance, and Improves Cardiovascular Function in Diet-Induced Obese Rhesus Macaques

Paul Kievit, Heather Halem, Daniel L. Marks, +7

Diabetes

NutritionFood IntakeCardiovascular FunctionGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneObesity +16

Ghrelin Treatment Causes Increased Food Intake and Retention of Lean Body Mass in a Rat Model of Cancer Cachexia

Mark D. DeBoer, Xinxia Zhu, Peter R. Levasseur, +9

Endocrinology

ObesityNutritionMetabolic SyndromeEnergy HomeostasisBody Composition +13

Vomeronasal neuroepithelium and forebrain Fos responses to male pheromones in male and female mice

Heather Halem, James A. Cherry, Michael J. Baum

Journal of Neurobiology

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

Mark D. DeBoer, Xinxia Zhu, Peter R. Levasseur, +10

Endocrinology

NutritionRenal PathologyRenal InflammationCaloric RestrictionGhrelin Treatment +25

Sex Difference and Steroid Modulation of Pheromone-Induced Immediate Early Genes in the Two Zones of the Mouse Accessory Olfactory System

Heather Halem, Michael J. Baum, James A. Cherry

Journal of Neuroscience

GeneticsFemale Reproductive FunctionReproductive BiologyReproductive EndocrinologyNeuroendocrine Mechanism +16

A Novel Growth Hormone Secretagogue-1a Receptor Antagonist That Blocks Ghrelin-Induced Growth Hormone Secretion but Induces Increased Body Weight Gain

Heather Halem, John E. Taylor, Jesse Z. Dong, +6

Neuroendocrinology

NutritionHuman GrowthGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneObesityMetabolic Syndrome +14

Analysis of the therapeutic functions of novel melanocortin receptor agonists in MC3R- and MC4R-deficient C57BL/6J mice

K. Ganesh Kumar, Gregory M. Sutton, Jesse Z. Dong, +7

Peptides

Signal TransductionG Protein-coupled ReceptorMedicineFunctional SelectivityMelanoma +6

Endogenous Ghrelin Regulates Episodic Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion by Amplifying GH Pulse Amplitude: Evidence from Antagonism of the GH Secretagogue-R1a Receptor

Philippe Zizzari, Heather Halem, John E. Taylor, +5

Endocrinology

NutritionHuman GrowthFood IntakeGastrointestinal Peptide HormoneObesity +18

Long-term effects of ghrelin and ghrelin receptor agonists on energy balance in rats

Sabine Strassburg, Stefan D. Anker, Tamara R. Castañeda, +9

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism