Sensing stretch to suppress appetite

Sci Signal. 2024 Apr 9;17(831):eadp6031. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.adp6031. Epub 2024 Apr 9.

Author

Wei Wong¹

Affiliation

¹ Science Signaling, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Email: wwong@aaas.org.

PMID: 38593155
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.adp6031

Abstract

Food intake activates a mechanosensitive ion channel that inhibits ghrelin production and reduces appetite.

MeSH terms

Appetite* / physiology
Eating
Ghrelin*

Substances

Ghrelin