AUTHOR=Kaiya Hiroyuki , Kangawa Kenji , Miyazato Mikiya 

TITLE=Ghrelin Receptors in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Endocrinology

VOLUME=Volume 4 - 2013

YEAR=2013

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2013.00081

DOI=10.3389/fendo.2013.00081

ISSN=1664-2392

ABSTRACT=The growth hormone secretagogue-receptor (GHS-R) was discovered in humans and pigs in 1996. The endogenous ligand, ghrelin, was discovered three years later, in 1999, and our understanding of the physiological significance of the ghrelin system in vertebrates has grown steadily since then. Although the ghrelin system in non-mammalian vertebrates is a subject of great interest, protein sequence data for the receptor in non-mammalian vertebrates has been limited until recently, and related biological information has not been well organized. In this review, we summarize current information related to the ghrelin receptor in non-mammalian vertebrates.