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Altered acylated ghrelin response to food intake in congenital generalized lipodystrophy.

Camilla O D AraújoRenan M MontenegroAmanda P PedrosoVirgínia O FernandesAna Paula D R MontenegroAnnelise B de CarvalhoLila M OyamaCarla S C MaiaEliane Beraldi Ribeiro
Published in: PloS one (2021)
The data indicate that, although not hyperphagic, the CGL patients present appetite disturbances in relation to eutrophic individuals. Their low fasting levels of acylated ghrelin and the absence of the physiological drop after meal intake suggest a role of these disturbances in hunger attenuation and satiety but not in acute satiation.
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