Interaction of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptides Ghrelin and Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide-6 with the Motilin Receptor in the Rabbit Gastric Antrum

Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach

1999 • 8,261 citations

Ghrelin induces adiposity in rodents

2000 • 3,915 citations

A role for ghrelin in the central regulation of feeding

2001 • 3,415 citations

Ghrelin Enhances Appetite and Increases Food Intake in Humans

2001 • 2,330 citations

A Receptor in Pituitary and Hypothalamus That Functions in Growth Hormone Release

1996 • 2,048 citations

An unidentified depressor substance in certain tissue extracts

1931 • 1,565 citations

Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulatory signal from stomach with structural resemblance to motilin

2001 • 1,181 citations

Ghrelin Stimulates Gastric Acid Secretion and Motility in Rats

2000 • 875 citations

Ghrelin and des-acyl ghrelin inhibit cell death in cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells through ERK1/2 and PI 3-kinase/AKT

2002 • 734 citations

Ghrelin Enhances Appetite and Increases Food Intake in Humans

2001 • 634 citations

Ghrelin Is Present in Pancreatic α-Cells of Humans and Rats and Stimulates Insulin Secretion

2002 • 573 citations

Structure−Function Studies on the New Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptide, Ghrelin: Minimal Sequence of Ghrelin Necessary for Activation of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor 1a

2000 • 546 citations

Growth Hormone Secretagogue Binding Sites in Peripheral Human Tissues1

2000 • 418 citations

Neuroendocrine and peripheral activities of ghrelin: implications in metabolism and obesity

2002 • 394 citations

Preliminary evidence that Ghrelin, the natural GH secretagogue (GHS)-receptor ligand, strongly stimulates GH secretion in humans

2000 • 390 citations

Identification, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Specific Receptors for Natural (Ghrelin) and Synthetic Growth Hormone Secretagogues and Analogs in Human Breast Carcinomas and Cell Lines1

2001 • 329 citations

Ghrelin/motilin-related peptide is a potent prokinetic to reverse gastric postoperative ileus in rat

2002 • 274 citations

Hemodynamic, Renal, and Hormonal Effects of Ghrelin Infusion in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

2001 • 274 citations

Erythromycin and other macrolides as prokinetic agents

1993 • 262 citations

Growth Hormone Secretagogue Binding Sites in Peripheral Human Tissues

2000 • 257 citations

Identification and characterization of a novel gastric peptide hormone: The motilin-related peptide

2000 • 233 citations

Fasting plasma motilin levels are related to the interdigestive motility complex

1980 • 203 citations

Identification, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Specific Receptors for Natural (Ghrelin) and Synthetic Growth Hormone Secretagogues and Analogs in Human Breast Carcinomas and Cell Lines

2001 • 185 citations

Involvement of two different pathways in the motor effects of erythromycin on the gastric antrum in humans

1998 • 175 citations

In vivo and in vitro Effects of Ghrelin/Motilin-Related Peptide on Growth Hormone Secretion in the Rat

2001 • 174 citations

A simple method for the determination of affinity and binding site concentration in receptor binding studies

1977 • 136 citations

Release of motilin by oral and intravenous nutrients in man.

1979 • 100 citations

Tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptor-mediated control of peristaltic propulsion in the guinea-pig small intestine in vitro

1998 • 75 citations

Hemodynamic, Renal, and Hormonal Effects of Ghrelin Infusion in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

2001 • 73 citations

Motilin: A novel growth hormone releasing agent

1984 • 65 citations

Pharmacological characterisation of a new oral GH secretagogue, NN703

1999 • 59 citations

Concentration-dependent stimulation of cholinergic motor nerves or smooth muscle by [Nle13]motilin in the isolated rabbit gastric antrum

1997 • 56 citations

d-Amino acid and alanine scans of the bioactive portion of porcine motilin

1992 • 53 citations

Motilin controls cyclic release of insulin through vagal cholinergic muscarinic pathways in fasted dogs

1998 • 45 citations

Motilin increases food intake in mice

1998 • 43 citations

GM-109: a novel, selective motilin receptor antagonist in the smooth muscle of the rabbit small intestine.

1995 • 41 citations

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of [Leu13]porcine motilin fragments

1992 • 41 citations

Central administration of motilin stimulates feeding in rats

1987 • 36 citations

Peripheral motilin administration stimulates feeding in fasted rats

1985 • 34 citations

Neural mediation of the motilin motor effect on the human antrum

1997 • 34 citations

Stimulatory mechanism of EM523-induced contractions in postprandial stomach of conscious dogs

1995 • 31 citations

Tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors mediate non-adrenergic noncholinergic excitatory neuromuscular transmission in the human ileum

1997 • 30 citations

The Leu¹³‐motilin (KW‐5139)‐evoked release of acetylcholine from enteric neurones in the rabbit duodenum

1993 • 25 citations

Motilin stimulates growth hormone release in vitro

1982 • 24 citations

Motilin receptor: A model for development of prokinetics

1994 • 22 citations

Tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors mediate non-adrenergic non-cholinergic excitatory neuromuscular transmission in the guinea-pig stomach

1997 • 21 citations

Tachykinins mediate noncholinergic excitatory neural responses in the circular muscle of rat proximal colon

1998 • 12 citations