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2001 • 475 citations

Elevated Circulating Level of Ghrelin in Cachexia Associated With Chronic Heart Failure

2001 • 432 citations

Ghrelin Acts in the Central Nervous System to Stimulate Gastric Acid Secretion

2001 • 384 citations

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2001 • 377 citations

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Novel Expression and Functional Role of Ghrelin in Rat Testis

2002 • 344 citations

Kidney produces a novel acylated peptide, ghrelin

2000 • 336 citations

Structural Divergence of Human Ghrelin

2002 • 326 citations

The Expression of the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Ligand Ghrelin in Normal and Abnormal Human Pituitary and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors1

2001 • 315 citations

Interrelationship between the Novel Peptide Ghrelin and Somatostatin/Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone in Regulation of Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion

2003 • 241 citations

Ghrelin elicits a marked stimulatory effect on GH secretion in freely-moving rats

2000 • 235 citations

Intracerebroventricular Administration of Ghrelin Rapidly Suppresses Pulsatile Luteinizing Hormone Secretion in Ovariectomized Rats

2001 • 234 citations

Immunolocalization of Ghrelin and Its Functional Receptor, the Type 1a Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor, in the Cyclic Human Ovary

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Neuroendocrine regulation of growth hormone

1995 • 185 citations

Expression of Ghrelin in the Cyclic and Pregnant Rat Ovary

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Sexual dimorphism of the somatotrophic axis

1998 • 177 citations

The Expression of the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Ligand Ghrelin in Normal and Abnormal Human Pituitary and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors

2001 • 161 citations

Hyperthyroidism Is Associated with Suppressed Circulating Ghrelin Levels

2003 • 106 citations

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1990 • 104 citations

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2001 • 94 citations

Regulation of PIT-1 Expression By Ghrelin and GHRP-6 Through the GH Secretagogue Receptor

2001 • 94 citations

Differential effects of central and peripheral administration of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor on hypothalamic GH-releasing hormone and somatostatin gene expression in GH-deficient dwarf rats.

1993 • 92 citations

Gender and gonadal influences on ghrelin mRNA levels in rat stomach

2001 • 89 citations

Overexpression of the growth-hormone-releasing hormone gene in acromegaly-associated pituitary tumors. An event associated with neoplastic progression and aggressive behavior.

1997 • 88 citations

Hypophysectomy Prevents Ghrelin‐Induced Adiposity and Increases Gastric Ghrelin Secretion in Rats

2002 • 85 citations

Influence of thyroid status and growth hormone deficiency on ghrelin

2002 • 84 citations

Ghrelin: the link connecting growth with metabolism and energy homeostasis.

2002 • 79 citations

Regulation of the Ghrelin Gene: Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Upregulates Ghrelin mRNA in the Pituitary

2001 • 71 citations

Hypothalamic/Pituitary-Axis of the Spontaneous Dwarf Rat: Autofeedback Regulation of Growth Hormone (GH) Includes Suppression of GH Releasing-Hormone Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid*

1998 • 70 citations

Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion

1996 • 60 citations

Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and the GH Secretagogue (GHS), L692,585, Differentially Modulate Rat Pituitary GHS Receptor and GHRH Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Levels¹

1999 • 59 citations

Regulation of hypothalamic somatostatin, growth hormone-releasing hormone, and growth hormone receptor messenger ribonucleic acid by glucocorticoids.

1996 • 53 citations

Growth Hormone-Dependent Regulation of Pituitary GH Secretagogue Receptor (GHS-R) mRNA Levels in the Spontaneous Dwarf Rat

1998 • 52 citations

Local Regulation of Gonadotroph Function by Pituitary Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

2000 • 50 citations

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1999 • 45 citations

Prepro-orexin mRNA levels in the rat hypothalamus, and orexin receptors mRNA levels in the rat hypothalamus and adrenal gland are not influenced by the thyroid status

2001 • 42 citations

Ontogeny and Tissue-Specific Regulation of Ghrelin mRNA Expression Suggest that Ghrelin Is Primarily Involved in the Control of Extraendocrine Functions in the Rat

2003 • 40 citations

Presence and characterization of the somatostatin precursor in normal human pituitaries and in growth hormone secreting adenomas.

1993 • 39 citations

Cellular Localization of Orexin Receptors in Human Pituitary*

2001 • 28 citations

Effects of Short- and Long-Term Dexamethasone Treatment on Growth and Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Hormone (GRH)-GH-Insulin-Like Growth Factor-l Axis in Conscious Rats.

1997 • 13 citations

Overexpression of the growth hormone-releasing hormone gene in acromegaly-associated pituitary tumors: An event associated with neoplastic progression andaggressive behavior

1997 • 13 citations

Antisense oligomers of cfos and cjun block glucocorticoid stimulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) gene expression in cultured anterior pituitary cells

1998 • 7 citations