Gastric O-acyl transferase activates hunger signal to the brain

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Apr 29;105(17):6213-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0802461105. Epub 2008 Apr 28.

Authors

Jenny Tong¹, Paul T Pfluger, Matthias H Tschöp

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Obesity Research Centre and Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA.

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MeSH terms

Acylation
Acyltransferases / genetics
Acyltransferases / metabolism*
Animals
Brain / physiology*
Ghrelin / blood
Ghrelin / genetics
Ghrelin / metabolism
Humans
Hunger*
Mice
Serine / metabolism
Stomach / enzymology*

Substances

Ghrelin
Serine
Acyltransferases