Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2013 Jan 15;181:187-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.015. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
Ten years and more passed since ghrelin was discovered. Various physiological actions of ghrelin have been documented in both mammalian and nonmammalian vertebrates. Do these actions have any commonality? In this review, we focused on several effects of ghrelin, and compared the effect across vertebrates. We would like to discuss possible general function of ghrelin in vertebrates.
ghrelin 被发现已经有十年以上的时间了。ghrelin 在哺乳动物和非哺乳动物脊椎动物中具有各种生理作用已经有了相关记载。这些作用是否具有共性呢?在这篇综述中,我们重点关注了 ghrelin 的几种作用,并在脊椎动物之间进行了比较。我们希望讨论 ghrelin 在脊椎动物中可能具有的一般功能。