Characterization of a novel ghrelin cell reporter mouse

I Sakata, Y Nakano, S Osborne-Lawrence… - Regulatory peptides, 2009 - Elsevier
Ghrelin is a hormone that influences many physiological processes and behaviors, such as
food intake, insulin and growth hormone release, and a coordinated response to chronic
stress. However, little is known about the molecular pathways governing ghrelin release and
ghrelin cell function. To better study ghrelin cell physiology, we have generated several
transgenic mouse lines expressing humanized Renilla reniformis green fluorescent protein
(hrGFP) under the control of the mouse ghrelin promoter. hrGFP expression was especially …