ReviewNeuroscience applied2024
To eat or not to eat: A role for ghrelin and LEAP2 in eating disorders?
Review in Neuroscience applied, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Ghrelin-LEAP2 System in Obesity and Diabetes: Pathophysiological Roles and Therapeutic Potential.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- A Dimer for Dinner: The Impact of GHS-R1a Heterodimerization on Feeding Circuits.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Transdiagnostic Neurobiological and Nutritional Factors in Eating Disorders: Implications for Integrative Treatment Models.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Decoding the Spectrum of Anorexia Nervosa: Clinical Impact, Molecular Insights, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Biomolecules · 2025Review
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Abstract
Ghrelin is an orexigenic hormone that orchestrates many diverse behaviours of relevance for feeding control. It appears to operate as a hunger hormone, organizing food intake into meals and ensuring that we seek out and consume a variety of foods. With this physiological biography, the ghrelin system, including the pathways through which it operates, has been interrogated for its role in the aetiology, pathology and treatment of eating disorders. While common obesity does not appear to be a hyperghrelinemic state, it would be difficult to completely rule out enhanced ghrelin signalling. At the other end of the body weight spectrum, it can be questioned whether patients suffering from anorexia nervosa develop ghrelin resistance and/or have high levels of LEAP2, an endogenous antagonist for GHSR, since they do not eat despite having high ghrelin levels. The purpose of this review is to outline gaps in knowledge in the ghrelin field, including in the context of eating disorders.
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