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单词 ghrelin
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ghrelin
noun[U]
biologyspecialized
uk
/ˈɡrel.ɪn/us
/ˈɡrel.ɪn/
ahormone(= achemicalmade in thebody)that makes youhungry:
（让人产生饥饿感的）脑肠肽，饥饿激素
When ghrelinlevelsare up,peoplefeelhungry.当饥饿激素水平上升时，人们会感到饥饿。
Inexperiments, sleep-deprivedadultsproducedmore ghrelin.在实验中，睡眠不足的成年人会产生更多的脑肠肽。
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  • The more ghrelin inyourstomach, the more youwanttoeat.
  • Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulatinghormonereleasedmostlyby thestomach.
  • Ghrelin'spotentialhasn'tescapedtheattentionof thepharmaceuticalindustry.
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In the present study, we investigatedghrelinand leptin responses to food ingestion in patients with bulimia nervosa.
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These data indicate that circulatingghrelinchanged significantly across sampling times and that the bulimic and control groups displayed differences over the samplings.
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Circulatingghrelinlevels are decreased in human obesity.
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Ghrelinis a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach.
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Ghrelinstrongly stimulates growth hormone release in humans.
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Food fails to suppressghrelinlevels in obese humans.
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These data suggest thatghrelinacts as a peripheral orexigenic peptide that is involved in the regulation of energy balance and feeding behaviour.
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Increased fasting plasmaghrelinlevels in patients with bulimia nervosa.
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All these findings suggest thatghrelinis a starvation-related hormone functioning as an indicator of shortterm changes in the energy balance.
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The novel hypothalamic peptideghrelinstimulates food intake and growth hormone secretion.
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They report a new finding, blunting of the normal markedghrelindecrease in bulimic women compared with healthy controls.
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A variation in theghrelingene increases weight and decreases insulin secretion in tall, obese children.
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Moreover, we observed that, in untreated symptomatic bulimic women, the suppression of circulatingghrelinby food intake was significantly blunted.
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Moreover, no significant correlation emerged between preprandial plasmaghrelinconcentrations and its maximum percent decrease after the meal.
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In healthy women, circulatingghrelinexhibited a drastic decrease after the food intake whereas, in bulimic patients, this response was significantly blunted.
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