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preproghrelin

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ proghrelin.

Noun

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preproghrelin (uncountable)

  1. 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], →DOI:
      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.
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