preproghrelin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pre- + proghrelin
Noun[edit]
preproghrelin (uncountable)
- A precursor of proghrelin
- 2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- A reproducible decrease in the plasma concentration of unacylated ghrelin was observed, which was consistent with a decrease in the stomach preproghrelin mRNA and stomach ghrelin expression.