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O Ukkola1.
Abstract
Appetite is controlled by a complicated system with hunger and satiety signals interacting in complex pathways both peripherally and centrally. Insulin, leptin and ghrelin are key hormonal regulators of food intake. Ghrelin enhances appetite while leptin is a satiety signal. A novel peripheral regulator of food intake, peptide YY(3-36), is released from the gastrointestinal tract postprandially. In this review old and new peripheral signals and their interaction in the control of food intake are briefly discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15053251 DOI: 10.1007/BF03350918
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Endocrinol Invest ISSN: 0391-4097 Impact factor: 4.256