Volume 514: Ghrelin, 1st Edition

History of GHS and ghrelin

1. History To The Discovery Of Ghrelin

Cyril Y. Bowers

2. Orphan Gpcrs And Methods For Identifying Their Ligands

Morikatsu Yoshida, Mikiya Miyazato, and Kenji Kangawa

3. Purification Of Rat And Human Ghrelins

Masayasu Kojima, Hiroshi Hosoda and Kenji Kangawa

4. Variety of Acyl Modifications in Mammalian Ghrelins

Takanori Ida

5. Determination Of Non-Mammalian Ghrelin

Hiroyuki Kaiya, Hiroshi Hosoda, Kenji Kangawa, Mikiya Miyazato

Molecular forms of ghrelin and Measuring of the concentrations

6. Morphological Analysis Of Ghrelin Neurons In The Hypothalamus

Haruaki Kageyama, Fumiko Takenoya and Seiji Shioda

7. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Analysis Of Hypothalamic Ghrelin

Takahiro Sato and Masayasu Kojima

8. Standard Sample Collections For Blood Ghrelin Measurements

Hiroshi Hosoda and Kenji Kangawa

Enzymes for processing of ghrelin

9. From Ghrelin to Ghrelin’s O Acyl Transferase

Jesus A. Gutierrez, Jill A. Willency, Michael D. Knierman, Tamer Coskun, Patricia J. Solenberg, Doug R. Perkins, Richard E. Higgs, and John E. Hale.

10. Enzymatic Characterization Of Goat, Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase

Hideko Ohgusu, Tomoko Takahashi and Masayasu Kojima

11. The Study Of Ghrelin Deacylation Enzymes

Motoyasu Satou and Hiroyuki Sugimoto

Synthesis of ghrelin agonists and antagonists

12. Synthesis?Of Ghrelin:Chemical Synthesis And Semi-Synthesis For Large-Scale Preparation Of Modified Peptides

Tomohiro Makino, Masaru Matsumoto and Yoshiharu Minamitake

13. Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase Assays And Inhibition

Martin S. Taylor, Yousang Hwang, Po-Yuan Hsiao, Jef D. Boeke, Philip A. Cole

Action of ghrelin

14. Model-Based Evaluation Of Growth Hormone Secretion

Johannes D. Veldhuis, Daniel M. Keenan

15. Ghrelin In The Control Of Energy, Lipid And Glucose Metabolism

Kristy M. Heppner, Timo D. Müller, Jenny Tong, and Matthias H. Tschöp

16. Ghrelin And The Vagus Nerve

Yukari Date

17. Measurement of amp-activated protein kinase (ampk) activity and expression In response to ghrelin

Chung Thong Lim, Francesca Lolli, Julia D Thomas, Blerina Kola, Márta Korbonits

18. Ghrelin And Gastrointestinal Movement

Naoki Fujitsuka, Akihiro Asakawa, Haruka Amitani, Mineko Fujimiya, Akio Inui

19. Ghrelin Acylation By Ingestion Of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids

Yoshihiro Nishi, Hiroharu Mifune, and Mayasu Kojima

20. Islet ß-cell Ghrelin Signaling For Inhibition Of Insulin Secretion

Katsuya Dezaki & Toshihiko Yada

21. Rikkunshito As A Ghrelin Enhancer

Hiroshi Takeda, Shuichi Muto, Koji Nakagawa, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Chiharu Sadakane, Yayoi Saegusa, Miwa Nahata, Tomohisa Hattori and Masahiro Asaka

Tg and KO mice of ghrelin

22. Thermogenic Characterization Of Ghrelin Receptor Null Mice

Ligen Lin and Yuxiang Sun

23. Transgenic Mice Over-Expressing Ghrelin Or Ghrelin Analog

Hiroyuki Ariyasu, Go Yamada, Hiroshi Iwakura, Takashi Akamizu, Kenji Kangawa and Kazuwa Nakao

Clinical application of ghrelin

24. Therapeutic Potential Of Ghrelin In Restricting-Type Anorexia Nervosa

Mari Hotta, Rina Ohwada, Takashi Akamizu, Tamotsu Shibasaki, Kenji Kangawa

25. Clinical Application Of Ghrelin For Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Masamitsu Nakazato

26. Clinical Trial Of Ghrelin Synthesis Administration For Upper Gi Surgery