Kidney produces a novel acylated peptide, ghrelin
Open Access
- 12 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 486 (3), 213-216
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02308-5
Abstract
Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone‐releasing peptide with a unique acylated structure. Here we reveal that prepro‐ghrelin gene is expressed in the mouse kidney and glomerulus. We also show by reverse‐...Keywords
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