• Back to Obestatin (Appetite-regulating hormone, Growth hormone secretagogue, Growth hormone-releasing peptide, Motilin-related peptide, Protein M46)

• Dun SL, Brailoiu GC, Brailoiu E, Yang J, Chang JK, Dun NJ. Distribution and biological activity of obestatin in the rat. J Endocrinol. 2006 Nov;191 (2):481-9
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• Ren AJ, Guo ZF, Wang YK, Wang LG, Wang WZ, Lin L, Zheng X, Yuan WJ. Inhibitory effect of obestatin on glucose-induced insulin secretion in rats. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 May 9;369 (3):969-72
• Samson WK, White MM, Price C, Ferguson AV. Obestatin acts in brain to inhibit thirst. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp. 2007 Jan;292 (1):R637-43
• Scrima M, Campiglia P, Esposito C, Gomez-Monterrey I, Novellino E, D'Ursi AM. Obestatin conformational features: a strategy to unveil obestatin's biological role?. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Nov 23;363 (3):500-5
• Zhang JV, Ren PG, Avsian-Kretchmer O, Luo CW, Rauch R, Klein C, Hsueh AJ. Obestatin, a peptide encoded by the ghrelin gene, opposes ghrelin's effects on food intake. Science. 2005 Nov 11;310 (5750):996-9