Response to Comment on: Vila et al. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Modulates Ghrelin, Hunger, and Satiety in Healthy Men. Diabetes 2012;61:2592–2596 | Zendy

Greisa Vila | Zendy; Anton Luger | Zendy; Martin Clodi | Zendy

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Response to Comment on: Vila et al. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Modulates Ghrelin, Hunger, and Satiety in Healthy Men. Diabetes 2012;61:2592–2596

Author(s) -

Greisa Vila,

Anton Luger,

Martin Clodi

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.219

H-Index - 330

eISSN - 1939-327X

pISSN - 0012-1797

DOI - 10.2337/db12-1156

Subject(s) - ghrelin , appetite , medicine , endocrinology , type 2 diabetes , hormone , diabetes mellitus , natriuretic peptide , heart failure

We appreciate the interest of Jordan and Birkenfeld (1) on our recent publication in Diabetes (2). In this article, we showed that intravenous infusion of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) decreases hunger and increases satiety in healthy men and lowers circulating concentrations of ghrelin and acylated ghrelin in the absence of changes in other appetite-regulating hormones (2).Jordan and Birkenfeld discuss the impact …

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