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ArticleEuropean journal of endocrinology2015

Does des-acyl ghrelin improve glycemic control by decreasing acylated ghrelin levels?

Bruce D Gaylinn, Leon S Farhy, Ralf Nass, Jenny Tong, Michael O Thorner

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Article in European journal of endocrinology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Beyond Hunger: The Structure, Signaling, and Systemic Roles of Ghrelin.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bruce D GaylinnDivision of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA bg2g@virginia.edu.
Leon S FarhyDivision of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA Division of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Ralf NassDivision of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Jenny TongDivision of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Michael O ThornerDivision of Endocrinology and MetabolismDepartment of MedicineCenter for Diabetes TechnologyUniversity of Virginia, PO Box 801411, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USADivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Blood GlucoseFemaleGhrelinHumansMaleObesityBlood GlucoseGhrelin

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PMID26026595

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