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Actions and Potential Therapeutic Applications of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Agonists

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Acylated and unacylated ghrelin promote proliferation and inhibit apoptosis of pancreatic beta-cells and human islets: involvement of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and phosphatidyl

scientific article published on 26 October 2006

Antagonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) inhibit the growth of human malignant pleural mesothelioma

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Antinflammatory, antioxidant, and behavioral effects induced by administration of growth hormone-releasing hormone analogs in mice

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Cardiovascular actions of the ghrelin gene-derived peptides and growth hormone-releasing hormone.

scientific article published on 08 April 2011

Des-acyl ghrelin fragments and analogues promote survival of pancreatic β-cells and human pancreatic islets and prevent diabetes in streptozotocin-treated rats

scientific article

Does autophagy have a license to kill mammalian cells?

scientific article published on 04 July 2008

Dual effects of IGFBP-3 on endothelial cell apoptosis and survival: involvement of the sphingolipid signaling pathways

scientific article

Effect of digoxin on the somatotroph responsiveness to growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) alone or combined with arginine in normal young volunteers.

scientific article published in December 2001

Effects of acute hexarelin administration on cardiac performance in patients with coronary artery disease during by-pass surgery.

scientific article published in July 2002

Endocrine and metabolic actions of ghrelin

scientific article

GH-Releasing Hormone Induces Cardioprotection in Isolated Male Rat Heart via Activation of RISK and SAFE Pathways ⬇️

scientific article published on February 15, 2013

GH-Releasing Hormone Promotes Survival and Prevents TNF-α-Induced Apoptosis and Atrophy in C2C12 Myotubes.

scientific article

GPR103b functions in the peripheral regulation of adipogenesis.

scientific article

Ghrelin and des-acyl ghrelin inhibit cell death in cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells through ERK1/2 and PI 3-kinase/AKT.

scientific article published on 16 December 2002

Ghrelin and synthetic growth hormone secretagogues are cardioactive molecules with identities and differences.

scientific article published in May 2004

Ghrelin in cardiovascular disease and atherogenesis.

scientific article published on 31 March 2011

Ghrelin.

scientific article

Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide Hexarelin Reduces Neonatal Brain Injury and Alters Akt/Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Phosphorylation

scientific article published in November 2005

Growth hormone-releasing hormone attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and improves heart function in pressure overload-induced heart failure

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Growth hormone-releasing hormone promotes survival of cardiac myocytes in vitro and protects against ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rat heart

scientific journal article

Heterogeneity of ghrelin/growth hormone secretagogue receptors. Toward the understanding of the molecular identity of novel ghrelin/GHS receptors.

scientific article published on 2 July 2007

In vitro and in vivo stability and pharmacokinetic profile of unacylated ghrelin (UAG) analogues

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Induction of bilirubin clearance by the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR)

scientific article

Insulin-like growth factor I levels and the diagnosis of adult growth hormone deficiency.

scientific article

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 induces angiogenesis through IGF-I- and SphK1-dependent mechanisms

scientific article published on 09 February 2007

Metabolic effects of overnight continuous infusion of unacylated ghrelin in humans

scientific article published on 29 February 2012

Myocardial insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 gene expression in failing hearts harvested from patients undergoing cardiac transplantation.

scientific article

Natural (ghrelin) and synthetic (hexarelin) GH secretagogues stimulate H9c2 cardiomyocyte cell proliferation.

scientific article published on October 2002

Neuroendocrine and metabolic activities of ghrelin gene products ⬇️

scientific article published on October 30, 2011

Obestatin Enhances In Vitro Generation of Pancreatic Islets through Regulation of Developmental Pathways ⬇️

scientific article published on May 31, 2013

Obestatin plays an opposite role in the regulation of pituitary somatotrope and corticotrope function in female primates and male/female mice.

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Obestatin promotes proliferation and survival of adult hippocampal progenitors and reduces amyloid-β-induced toxicity.

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Obestatin promotes survival of pancreatic beta-cells and human islets and induces expression of genes involved in the regulation of beta-cell mass and function.

scientific article published on 27 December 2007

Obestatin regulates adipocyte function and protects against diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammation.

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

Obestatin regulates cardiovascular function and promotes cardioprotection through the nitric oxide pathway

scientific article

Obestatin: a new metabolic player in the pancreas and white adipose tissue

scientific article

Obestatin: is it really doing something?

scientific article published on 07 April 2014

Peripheral activities of growth hormone-releasing hormone.

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Pluripotent stem cells isolated from human amniotic fluid and differentiation into pancreatic beta-cells.

scientific article published on 2 July 2009

Products of the Ghrelin Gene, the Pancreatic β-Cell and the Adipocyte ⬇️

scientific article published on April 25, 2013

Proliferative and protective effects of growth hormone secretagogues on adult rat hippocampal progenitor cells

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Publisher Correction: Antinflammatory, antioxidant, and behavioral effects induced by administration of growth hormone-releasing hormone analogs in mice

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Pyroglutamylated RF-amide peptide (QRFP) gene is regulated by metabolic endotoxemia

scientific article

QRFP-43 inhibits lipolysis by preventing ligand-induced complex formation between perilipin A, caveolin-1, the catalytic subunit of protein kinase and hormone-sensitive lipase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

RFamide peptides 43RFa and 26RFa both promote survival of pancreatic β-cells and human pancreatic islets but exert opposite effects on insulin secretion.

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

Somatostatin, cortistatin and their receptors in tumours.

scientific article published on 08 December 2007

The Arg-Phe-amide peptide 26RFa/QRFP and its Receptor. IUPHAR Review

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

The IGF system.

scientific article

The ghrelin gene products and exendin-4 promote survival of human pancreatic islet endothelial cells in hyperglycaemic conditions, through phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt, extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK)1/2 and cAMP/protein kinase A [...]

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The growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) antagonist JV-1-36 inhibits proliferation and survival of human ectopic endometriotic stromal cells (ESCs) and the T HESC cell line.

scientific article

The gut hormone ghrelin partially reverses energy substrate metabolic alterations in the failing heart.

scientific article

The role of obestatin in glucose and lipid metabolism.

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Unacylated ghrelin and obestatin increase islet cell mass and prevent diabetes in streptozotocin-treated newborn rats.

scientific article published on 09 April 2010

Unacylated ghrelin induces oxidative stress resistance in a glucose intolerance and peripheral artery disease mouse model by restoring endothelial cell miR-126 expression

scientific article

Unraveling the role of the ghrelin gene peptides in the endocrine pancreas.

scientific article published on July 2010

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