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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2025

Ghrelin, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Mood Disorders: What Are the Connections?

Jessica Mingardi, Ramona Meanti, Caterina Paoli, Carlo Cifani, Antonio Torsello, Maurizio Popoli, Laura Musazzi

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jessica MingardiSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Ramona MeantiSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Caterina PaoliSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Carlo CifaniPharmacology Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Antonio TorselloSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Maurizio PopoliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Laura MusazziSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.

Funding

Cariplo Foundation (Biomedical Science program) 2019-3357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ghrelin is a gut peptide hormone associated with feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. Acylated ghrelin binds to the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a subtype (GHS-R1a) in the hippocampus, leading to GH release from the anterior pituitary. However, in recent years, ghrelin and its receptor have also been implicated in other processes, including the regulation of cardiomyocyte function, muscle trophism, and bone metabolism. Moreover, GHS-R1a is distributed throughout the brain and is expressed in brain areas that regulate the stress response and emotional behavior. Consistently, a growing body of evidence supports the role of ghrelin in regulating stress response and mood. Stress has consistently been shown to increase ghrelin levels, and despite some inconsistencies, both human and rodent studies suggested antidepressant effects of ghrelin. Nevertheless, the precise mechanism by which ghrelin influences stress response and mood remains largely unknown. Intriguingly, ghrelin and GHS-R1a were consistently reported to exert anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neurotrophic effects both

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GhrelinMood DisordersNeuroinflammatory DiseasesOxidative StressAnimalsHumansReceptors, GhrelinStress, PsychologicalGhrelinReceptors, GhrelinantidepressantGhrelinGHS-R1a.gut-brain axisinflammationmood disordersoxidative stressstress

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PMID39041263
PMCPMC11793048

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