Elevated Plasma Ghrelin Level in Underweight Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Ghrelin, a novel growth hormone-releasing peptide, has been shown to cause a positive energy balance by reducing fat use and stimulating food intake. This study investigated whether plasma ghrelin is associated with clinical parameters in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Plasma g...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2004-10, Vol.170 (8), p.879-882
Hauptverfasser:	Itoh, Takefumi, Nagaya, Noritoshi, Yoshikawa, Masanori, Fukuoka, Atsuhiko, Takenaka, Hideaki, Shimizu, Yoshito, Haruta, Yoshinori, Oya, Hideo, Yamagishi, Masakazu, Hosoda, Hiroshi, Kangawa, Kenji, Kimura, Hiroshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Body Weight Cachexia - physiopathology Case-Control Studies Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Cytokines Energy Metabolism Female Ghrelin Growth Hormone - blood Growth hormones Humans Insulin-like growth factors Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Peptide Hormones - blood Peptides Plasma Pneumology Proteins Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - blood Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases Respiratory Function Tests Tumor necrosis factor-TNF Variance analysis
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