Ghrelin in Health and Disease

Book Overview

Preface

Roy G. Smith

Chapter 1. Ghrelin: A History of Its Discovery

Cyril Y. Bowers

G.A. Reynolds

Johannes D. Veldhuis

Chapter 2. Enzymatic Processing of Ghrelin Precursor

Masayasu Kojima

Kenji Kangawa

Chapter 3. Ghrelin's Novel Signaling in Islet b-Cells to Inhibit Insulin Secretion and Its Blockade As a Promising Strategy to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Katsuya Dezaki

Damdindorj Boldbaatar

Tomoyuki Kurashina

Toshihiko Yada

Chapter 4. Gastric Ghrelin in the Regulation of Appetite and Metabolism

Luisa Mar?a Seoane

Ana Belen Crujeiras

Omar Al-Massadi

Felipe F. Casanueva

Chapter 5. Ghrelin Regulation of AMPK in the Hypothalamus and Peripheral Tissues

Miski Scerif

Blerina Kola

M?rta Korbonits

Chapter 6. Ghrelin: Neuropeptide Regulator of Metabolism

Pablo J. Enriori

Zane Andrews

Michael Alexander Cowley

Chapter 7. GOAT and the Regulation of Energy and Glucose Homeostasis

Henriette Kirchner

Matthias Tsch?p

Jenny Tong

Chapter 8. Ghrelin Regulation of Sleep, Circadian Clock and Body Temperature

?va Szentirmai

Levente Kap?s

Chapter 9. Ghrelin Regulation of Learning, Memory and Neurodegeneration

Tamas L. Horvath

Chapter 10. Ghrelin Antagonism: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Addictive Behavior Disorders

Elisabet Jerlhag

Emil Egecioglu

J?rgen Engel

Suzanne L. Dickson

Chapter 11. Ghrelin Receptor Agonists in Cachexia of Human Aging

Ralf Nass

Michael O. Thorner

Chapter 12. Use of Ghrelin and Ghrelin Receptor Agonists in Cancer- and Chemotherapy-Induced Cachexia

Basil Burney

Jose M. Garcia

Chapter 13. Ghrelin in Cachexia Associated with End-Stage Renal Disease

Damien Ashby

Peter Choi

Stephen Bloom

Chapter 14. Ghrelin Suppression of Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

Sachiko Miyake

Takashi Yamamura

Chapter 15. Physiological Roles of Des-Acyl Ghrelin

S.J.C.M.M. Neggers

Riccarda Granata

Ezio Ghigo

Aart J. van der Lely

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627038795
• ISBN13: 9781627038799
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"