• Clinical significance of serum adipokines levels in lung cancer 

      Kerenidi, T.; Lada, M.; Tsaroucha, A.; Georgoulias, P.; Mystridou, P.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2013)
      Adipokines have a significant effect on metabolism, immunoinflammatory responses as well as on carcinogenesis; therefore, we aimed at evaluating their potential predictive and prognostic significance in lung cancer. Eighty ...
    • Feeding behavior during long-term hexarelin administration in young and old rats 

      Bresciani, E.; Pitsikas, N.; Tamiazzo, L.; Luoni, M.; Bulgarelli, I.; Cocchi, D.; Locatelli, V.; Torsello, A. (2008)
      Ghrelin, a 28-amino-acid peptide isolated from the stomach, is the natural ligand of the GH-secretagogues receptor-la (GHS-R1a) and, so far, the only discovered circulating appetite-stimulating hormone. Similarly to ghrelin, ...