Plasma ghrelin levels in healthy elderly volunteers: the levels of acylated ghrelin in elderly females correlate positively with serum IGF-I levels and bowel movement frequency and negatively with systolic blood pressure.

T, Akamizu; T, Murayama; S, Teramukai; K, Miura; I, Bando; T, Irako; H, Iwakura; H, Ariyasu; H, Hosoda; H, Tada; A, Matsuyama; S, Kojima; T, Wada; Y, Wakatsuki; K, Matsubayashi; T, Kawakita; A, Shimizu; M, Fukushima; M, Yokode; K, Kangawa

doi:10.1677/joe.1.06442

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Plasma ghrelin levels in healthy elderly volunteers: the levels of acylated ghrelin in elderly females correlate positively with serum IGF-I levels and bowel movement frequency and negatively with systolic blood pressure.

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Akamizu T

Murayama T

Teramukai S

Abstract

Aging is associated with a decrease in growth hormone (GH) secretion, appetite and energy intake. As ghrelin stimulates both GH secretion and appetite, reductions in ghrelin levels may be involved in the reductions in GH secretion and appetite observed in the elderly. However, only preliminary studi...

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