Carlos Dieguez

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1 Adipokines as emerging mediators of immune response and inflammation. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 2007 2.42
2 Leptin, from fat to inflammation: old questions and new insights. FEBS Lett 2005 1.92
3 Kisspeptins and reproduction: physiological roles and regulatory mechanisms. Physiol Rev 2012 1.76
4 The emerging role of adipokines as mediators of inflammation and immune responses. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2007 1.66
5 Central melanin-concentrating hormone influences liver and adipose metabolism via specific hypothalamic nuclei and efferent autonomic/JNK1 pathways. Gastroenterology 2012 1.58
6 New frontiers in kisspeptin/GPR54 physiology as fundamental gatekeepers of reproductive function. Front Neuroendocrinol 2007 1.51
7 A GRFa2/Prop1/stem (GPS) cell niche in the pituitary. PLoS One 2009 1.31
8 Expression of hypothalamic KiSS-1 system and rescue of defective gonadotropic responses by kisspeptin in streptozotocin-induced diabetic male rats. Diabetes 2006 1.26
9 Expanding the adipokine network in cartilage: identification and regulation of novel factors in human and murine chondrocytes. Ann Rheum Dis 2011 1.25
10 Adipokines as novel modulators of lipid metabolism. Trends Biochem Sci 2009 1.22
11 Dopaminergic tone and obesity: an insight from prolactinomas treated with bromocriptine. Eur J Endocrinol 2002 1.13
12 Regulation of growth hormone secretagogue receptor gene expression in the arcuate nuclei of the rat by leptin and ghrelin. Diabetes 2004 1.11
13 Regulation of pituitary cell function by adiponectin. Endocrinology 2006 1.11
14 Dual action of adiponectin on insulin secretion in insulin-resistant mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004 1.10
15 One ancestor, several peptides post-translational modifications of preproghrelin generate several peptides with antithetical effects. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2006 1.05
16 Circulating and cerebrospinal fluid ghrelin and leptin: potential role in altered body weight in Huntington's disease. Eur J Endocrinol 2004 1.04
17 Sensory stimuli directly acting at the central nervous system regulate gastric ghrelin secretion. an ex vivo organ culture study. Endocrinology 2007 1.01
18 A role for the putative cannabinoid receptor GPR55 in the islets of Langerhans. J Endocrinol 2011 1.00
19 Ghrelin, a widespread hormone: insights into molecular and cellular regulation of its expression and mechanism of action. FEBS Lett 2003 1.00
20 Leptin receptor gene expression and number in the brain are regulated by leptin level and nutritional status. J Physiol 2009 0.96
21 The gastric CB1 receptor modulates ghrelin production through the mTOR pathway to regulate food intake. PLoS One 2013 0.96
22 The L-α-lysophosphatidylinositol/GPR55 system and its potential role in human obesity. Diabetes 2011 0.96
23 Adipokines in the skeleton: influence on cartilage function and joint degenerative diseases. J Mol Endocrinol 2009 0.95
24 Prevalence of hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency in adults long-term after severe traumatic brain injury. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2005 0.95
25 Introducing GOAT: a target for obesity and anti-diabetic drugs? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2008 0.92
26 Ghrelin: new molecular pathways modulating appetite and adiposity. Obes Facts 2010 0.92
27 Regulation of ghrelin secretion and action. Endocrine 2003 0.92
28 The dependence receptor Ret induces apoptosis in somatotrophs through a Pit-1/p53 pathway, preventing tumor growth. EMBO J 2007 0.91
29 Expression and modulation of ghrelin O-acyltransferase in cultured chondrocytes. Arthritis Rheum 2009 0.90
30 Comparison between insulin tolerance test, growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone (GHRH), GHRH plus acipimox and GHRH plus GH-releasing peptide-6 for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency in normal subjects, obese and hypopituitary patients. Eur J Endocrinol 2003 0.90
31 Oleoylethanolamide enhances β-adrenergic-mediated thermogenesis and white-to-brown adipocyte phenotype in epididymal white adipose tissue in rat. Dis Model Mech 2013 0.88
32 Altered myocardial expression of ghrelin and its receptor (GHSR-1a) in patients with severe heart failure. Peptides 2010 0.86
33 Craniopharyngiomas express embryonic stem cell markers (SOX2, OCT4, KLF4, and SOX9) as pituitary stem cells but do not coexpress RET/GFRA3 receptors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011 0.86
34 Obestatin-mediated proliferation of human retinal pigment epithelial cells: regulatory mechanisms. J Cell Physiol 2007 0.86
35 Food addiction in a Spanish sample of eating disorders: DSM-5 diagnostic subtype differentiation and validation data. Eur Eat Disord Rev 2014 0.86
36 Changes in neuroendocrine and metabolic hormones induced by atypical antipsychotics in normal-weight patients with schizophrenia. Neuroendocrinology 2007 0.85
37 The GH-releasing effect of ghrelin, a natural GH secretagogue, is only blunted by the infusion of exogenous somatostatin in humans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 0.85
38 The GHRH/GHRP-6 test for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in elderly or severely obese men. Eur J Endocrinol 2005 0.83
39 Resistin: regulation of food intake, glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism. Endocr Dev 2009 0.83
40 Female Nur77-deficient mice show increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. PLoS One 2013 0.82
41 Ghrelin: the link connecting growth with metabolism and energy homeostasis. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2002 0.82
42 Ghrelin, the same peptide for different functions: player or bystander? Vitam Horm 2005 0.82
43 Negative energy balance and leptin regulate neuromedin-U expression in the rat pars tuberalis. J Endocrinol 2006 0.82
44 Effect of obesity and morbid obesity on the growth hormone (GH) secretion elicited by the combined GHRH + GHRP-6 test. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2006 0.82
45 Review of novel aspects of the regulation of ghrelin secretion. Curr Drug Metab 2014 0.81
46 Marked GH secretion after ghrelin alone or combined with GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) in obese patients. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004 0.80
47 Ghrelin: from a GH-secretagogue to the regulation of food intake, sleep and anxiety. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 2004 0.80
48 The impact of cranial irradiation on GH responsiveness to GHRH plus GH-releasing peptide-6. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 0.79
49 The role of leptin in reproduction: experimental and clinical aspects. Ann Med 2002 0.79
50 Low plasma ghrelin level in gastrectomized patients is accompanied by enhanced sensitivity to the ghrelin-induced growth hormone release. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005 0.78
51 Evidence of free leptin in human seminal plasma. Endocrine 2002 0.78
52 Acetylcholine does not play a major role in mediating the endocrine responses to ghrelin, a natural ligand of the GH secretagogue receptor, in humans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2003 0.77
53 Effects of glucose, free fatty acids or arginine load on the GH-releasing activity of ghrelin in humans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 0.77
54 Unlike ghrelin, obestatin does not exert any relevant activity in chondrocytes. Ann Rheum Dis 2007 0.77
55 Pituitary Cell Turnover: From Adult Stem Cell Recruitment through Differentiation to Death. Neuroendocrinology 2015 0.77
56 Circulating hormones and hypothalamic energy balance: regulatory gene expression in the Lou/C and Wistar rats. J Endocrinol 2006 0.77
57 Effect of withdrawal of somatostatin plus GH-releasing hormone as a stimulus of GH secretion in obesity. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 0.77
58 Hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency in adult subjects after traumatic brain injury: who and when to test. Pituitary 2005 0.77
59 The inhibition of growth hormone secretion presented in obesity is not mediated by the high leptin levels: a study in human leptin deficiency patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 0.77
60 Delta-like 1 homologue (DLK1) protein in neurons of the arcuate nucleus that control weight homeostasis and effect of fasting on hypothalamic DLK1 mRNA. Neuroendocrinology 2014 0.76
61 New guidelines for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in adults. Horm Res 2009 0.76
62 Ghrelin and the enteroinsular axis in healthy men. Hormones (Athens) 2007 0.75
63 Somatotropinomas, but not nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, maintain a functional apoptotic RET/Pit1/ARF/p53 pathway that is blocked by excess GDNF. Endocrinology 2014 0.75
64 Differential effects of age and sex on the postnatal responsiveness of brown adipose tissue to prolactin administration in rats. Exp Physiol 2003 0.75
65 The influence of serum cortisol levels on growth hormone responsiveness to GH-releasing hormone plus GH-releasing peptide-6 in patients with hypocortisolism. Hormones (Athens) 2006 0.75
66 Effect of withdrawal of somatostatin plus growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone as a stimulus of GH secretion in Cushing's syndrome. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 0.75
67 Growth hormone (GH) peaks versus areas under the curve in the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency: analysis of the variables provided by the GHRH + GHRP-6 test. Pituitary 2004 0.75
68 Synthesis of Leptin in Human Placenta. Endocrinology 1997 0.75
69 Leptin and ghrelin: what is the impact on pituitary function? Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2005 0.75
70 Corrigendum: Hepatic p63 regulates steatosis via IKKβ/ER stress. Nat Commun 2017 0.75
71 Ghrelin-induced GH secretion in normal subjects is partially resistant to homologous desensitization by GH-releasing peptide-6. Eur J Endocrinol 2002 0.75
72 Ghrelin is no longer able to stimulate growth hormone secretion in patients with Cushing's syndrome but instead induces exaggerated corticotropin and cortisol responses. Neuroendocrinology 2002 0.75
73 Effect of acute reduction of free fatty acids by acipimox on growth hormone-releasing hormone-induced GH secretion in type 1 diabetic patients. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2003 0.75
74 Physical activity or food intake prior to testing did not affect the reproducibility of GH secretion elicited by GH releasing hormone plus GH-releasing hexapeptide in normal adult subjects. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2002 0.75
75 Growth hormone response to GHRH + GHRP-6 in type 2 diabetes during euglycemic and hyperglycemic clamp. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2004 0.75
76 Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency after pituitary surgery: the combined acipimox/GH-releasing hormone test. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2003 0.75
77 Evaluation of the reproducibility of the GHRH plus GHRP-6 test of growth hormone reserve in adults. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2004 0.75