Send us a Message



Submit Data |  Help |  Video Tutorials |  News |  Publications |  Download |  REST API |  Citing RGD |  Contact   

MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal circulating ghrelin level
go back to main search page
Accession:MP:0011611 term browser browse the term
Definition:any anomaly in the blood concentration of the peptide hormone produced mainly by P/D1 cells lining the fundus of the stomach and epsilon cells of the pancreas that stimulates hunger and serves as a potent stimulator of growth hormone from the anterior pituitary gland; in addition to stimulating appetite and growth, ghrelin also plays various roles in energy homeostasis, neuropathy, and in the cardiovascular and immune systems
Synonyms:narrow_synonym: abnormal plasma ghrelin level;   abnormal serum ghrelin level



show annotations for term's descendants           Sort by:

Term paths to the root
Path 1
Term Annotations click to browse term
  mammalian phenotype 5422
    homeostasis/metabolism phenotype 1426
      abnormal homeostasis 1327
        abnormal blood homeostasis 764
          abnormal circulating hormone level 293
            abnormal circulating ghrelin level 0
              decreased circulating ghrelin level 0
              increased circulating ghrelin level 0
paths to the root