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StudiesKind of studyYear
Oral ghrelin receptor agonist MK-0677 increases serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in hemodialysis patients: a randomized blinded study.Nephrol Dial TransplantRandom groups2018
Growth hormone secretagogue MK-677: no clinical effect on AD progression in a randomized trial.NeurologyRandom groups2008
The effects of MK-0677, an oral growth hormone secretagogue, in patients with hip fracture.J Am Geriatr SocRandom groups2004
The effect of treatment with the oral growth hormone (GH) secretagogue MK-677 on GH isoforms.Growth Horm IGF ResRandom groups2003
Effects of oral administration of ibutamoren mesylate, a nonpeptide growth hormone secretagogue, on the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I axis in growth hormone-deficient children.Clin Pharmacol TherRandom groups2001
Effect of alendronate and MK-677 (a growth hormone secretagogue), individually and in combination, on markers of bone turnover and bone mineral density in postmenopausal osteoporotic women.J Clin Endocrinol MetabRandom groups2001
Recombinant human IGF-I does not modify the ACTH and cortisol responses to hCRH and hexarelin, a peptidyl GH secretagogue, in humans.J Endocrinol InvestRandom groups2001
Oral administration of the growth hormone secretagogue MK-677 increases markers of bone turnover in healthy and functionally impaired elderly adults. The MK-677 Study Group.J Bone Miner ResRandom groups1999
Treatment of obese subjects with the oral growth hormone secretagogue MK-677 affects serum concentrations of several lipoproteins, but not lipoprotein(a).J Clin Endocrinol MetabRandom groups1999
Discrepancy between serum leptin values and total body fat in response to the oral growth hormone secretagogue MK-677.Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)Random groups1999
Treatment with the oral growth hormone secretagogue MK-677 increases markers of bone formation and bone resorption in obese young males.J Bone Miner ResRandom groups1998
Oral administration of growth hormone (GH) releasing peptide-mimetic MK-677 stimulates the GH/insulin-like growth factor-I axis in selected GH-deficient adults.J Clin Endocrinol MetabRandom groups1997
Stimulation of the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor I axis by daily oral administration of a GH secretogogue (MK-677) in healthy elderly subjects.J Clin Endocrinol MetabRandom groups1996
Effects of a 7-day treatment with a novel, orally active, growth hormone (GH) secretagogue, MK-677, on 24-hour GH profiles, insulin-like growth factor I, and adrenocortical function in normal young men.J Clin Endocrinol MetabRandom groups1996
Prolonged oral treatment with MK-677, a novel growth hormone secretagogue, improves sleep quality in man.NeuroendocrinologyNo random groups1997
Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in a Patient With Recent Use of Performance-Enhancing Compounds: A Case Report and Literature Review.CureusCase reports2026
Hepatotoxicity induced by MK-677.BMJ Case RepCase reports2025
Reversible Gynecomastia and Hypogonadism Due to Usage of Commercial Performance-Enhancing Supplement Use.JCEM Case RepCase reports2024
LGD-4033 and MK-677 use impacts body composition, circulating biomarkers, and skeletal muscle androgenic hormone and receptor content: A case report.Exp PhysiolCase reports2022
Peptides in urology and sexual medicine: clinical effectiveness, dosing, indications, and safety: a narrative review.Sex Med RevReview of studies2026
New directions in growth hormone treatment in children.Pediatr Endocrinol Diabetes MetabReview of studies2025
Treatment of Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency With Oral Secretagogues Revisited.J Endocr SocReview of studies2021
Beyond the androgen receptor: the role of growth hormone secretagogues in the modern management of body composition in hypogonadal males.Transl Androl UrolReview of studies2020
The Safety and Efficacy of Growth Hormone Secretagogues.Sex Med RevReview of studies2018
Ghrelin receptor in energy homeostasis and obesity pathogenesis.Prog Mol Biol Transl SciReview of studies2013
Ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) agonists show potential as interventive agents during aging.Ann N Y Acad SciReview of studies2007
Growth hormone secretagogues: prospects and potential pitfalls.Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol MetabReview of studies2004
Regulation of ghrelin secretion and action.EndocrineReview of studies2003
Growth hormone secretagogue receptor family members and ligands.EndocrineReview of studies2001
Growth hormone-releasing peptides and the cardiovascular system.Ann Endocrinol (Paris)Review of studies2000
Growth hormone releasing substances: types and their receptors.Horm ResReview of studies1999
Orally active growth hormone secretagogues: state of the art and clinical perspectives.Ann MedReview of studies1998
New GH secretagogues and potential usefulness in thalassemia.J Pediatr Endocrinol MetabReview of studies1998
Growth hormone-releasing peptides and their analogs.Front NeuroendocrinolReview of studies1998
Growth hormone-releasing peptides.Eur J EndocrinolReview of studies1997
Growth hormone-releasing hormone and growth hormone-releasing peptide as therapeutic agents to enhance growth hormone secretion in disease and aging.Recent Prog Horm ResReview of studies1997
Acute stress suppresses hunger-driven food seeking through PVN activation: Reversal by anxiolytic drug and ghrelin receptor agonist, with anxiolytic-like effects of refeeding.Neurosci ResIn animals2026
Intranasal Delivery of a Ghrelin Mimetic Engages the Brain Ghrelin Signaling System in Mice.EndocrinologyIn animals2025
GHSR signalling in perinatal phases is involved in liver metabolism at puberty.J EndocrinolIn animals2024
Characterization of growth hormone secretagogue small molecule ibutamoren (MK-0677) and its possible metabolites in thoroughbred horses for doping control.Rapid Commun Mass SpectromIn animals2022
Equine metabolism of the growth hormone secretagogue MK-0677 in vitro and in urine and plasma following oral administration.Drug Test AnalIn animals2022
Characterization of equine liver microsome-generated metabolites of growth hormone secretagogue small molecule ibutamoren.Rapid Commun Mass SpectromIn animals2021
Brain and kidney GHS-R1a underexpression is associated with changes in renal function and hemodynamics during neurogenic hypertension.Mol Cell EndocrinolIn animals2020
Effect of the Orally Active Growth Hormone Secretagogue MK-677 on Somatic Growth in Rats.Yonsei Med JIn animals2018
MK-0677, a Ghrelin Agonist, Alleviates Amyloid Beta-Related Pathology in 5XFAD Mice, an Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease.Int J Mol SciIn animals2018
Thyroid hormone modulates food intake and glycemia via ghrelin secretion in Zucker fatty rats.Drug Res (Stuttg)In animals2014
Hypothalamic gene expression following ghrelin therapy to gastrectomized rodents.Regul PeptIn animals2008
Ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogue receptor expression in mice during aging.EndocrinologyIn animals2007
Ghrelin stimulation of growth hormone release and appetite is mediated through the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AIn animals2004
Effect of ghrelin and synthetic growth hormone secretagogues in normal and ischemic rat heart.Basic Res CardiolIn animals2003
Ghrelin and des-acyl ghrelin inhibit cell death in cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells through ERK1/2 and PI 3-kinase/AKT.J Cell BiolIn animals2002
Pharmacological profile of a new orally active growth hormone secretagogue, SM-130686.J EndocrinolIn animals2001
Role of endothelial cells in modulation of contractility induced by hexarelin in rat ventricle.Life SciIn animals2001
Hexarelin protects H9c2 cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin-induced cell death.EndocrineIn animals2001
The GH secretagogues ipamorelin and GH-releasing peptide-6 increase bone mineral content in adult female rats.J EndocrinolIn animals2000
Growth hormone secretagogue activation of the arcuate nucleus and brainstem occurs via a non-noradrenergic pathway.J NeuroendocrinolIn animals2000
Identification and characterization of a new growth hormone-releasing peptide receptor in the heart.Circ ResIn animals1999
Increases in circulating insulin-like growth factor I levels by the oral growth hormone secretagogue MK-0677 in the beagle are dependent upon pituitary mediation.EndocrinologyIn animals1999
Insulin-like growth factor-1 and growth hormone (GH) levels in canine cerebrospinal fluid are unaffected by GH or GH secretagogue (MK-0677) administration.Horm Metab ResIn animals1999
Synthesis and biological activities of phenyl piperazine-based peptidomimetic growth hormone secretagogues.Bioorg Med Chem LettIn animals1998
The nonpeptide growth hormone secretagogue, MK-0677, activates hypothalamic arcuate nucleus neurons in vivo.J NeuroendocrinolIn animals1998
Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 knockout mice are refractory to growth hormone-negative feedback on arcuate neurons.Mol EndocrinolIn animals1997
Attenuation of the growth hormone secretagogue induction of Fos protein in the rat arcuate nucleus by central somatostatin action.NeuroendocrinologyIn animals1997
Repeat administration of the GH secretagogue MK-0677 increases and maintains elevated IGF-I levels in beagles.J EndocrinolIn animals1997
MK-0677, a potent, novel, orally active growth hormone (GH) secretagogue: GH, insulin-like growth factor I, and other hormonal responses in beagles.EndocrinologyIn animals1996
Solubilization and characterization of a growth hormone secretagogue receptor from porcine anterior pituitary membranes.Biochem Biophys Res CommunIn animals1996
Identification of a new G-protein-linked receptor for growth hormone secretagogues.Mol EndocrinolIn animals1996
Design and biological activities of L-163,191 (MK-0677): a potent, orally active growth hormone secretagogue.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AIn animals1995
Oxindole derivatives as orally active potent growth hormone secretagogues.J Med ChemIn a lab dish2001
Peptide Supplements and Their Therapeutic Applications in Sports Medicine.Am J Sports MedOther paper2026
Rapid and harmonized analytical workflow for the determination of peptidic and non-peptidic doping agents in dried and liquid blood matrices.AnalystOther paper2026
Striosomal ghrelin receptor activity controls reward-cost integration.Res SqOther paper2026
Knowing the minimal detectable dose can facilitate the interpretation of a hair test result: II. Case example with ibutamoren (MK-677), a growth hormone secretagogue.Clin Chim ActaOther paper2026
SARMs, Metabolic Modulators and Growth Hormone Secretagogues in Suspected Illegal Medicines, Bought as Sport Performance Enhancers: A Retro- and Prospective Study Within the GEON.Drug Test AnalOther paper2025
Design, Biological Characterization, and Discovery of Capromorelin Derivatives as Oral Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor Type 1a Agonist for the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency.J Med ChemOther paper2025
Investigating the P53-dependent anti-cancer effect of ibutamoren in human cancer cell lines.Basic Clin Pharmacol ToxicolOther paper2025
Detection of the growth hormone secretagogue MK-0677 in equine hair following oral administration.Drug Test AnalOther paper2023
Binding Domain Characterization of Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor.J Transl Int MedOther paper2022
A GH Secretagogue Receptor Agonist (LUM-201) Elicits Greater GH Responses than Standard GH Secretagogues in Subjects of a Pediatric GH Deficiency Trial.Horm Res PaediatrOther paper2022
Development and validation of SARMs and metabolic modulators screening in hair using UHPLC-MS/MS: Application to a doping case and first identification of S23 in authentic human hair.J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life SciOther paper2021
Structural basis of human ghrelin receptor signaling by ghrelin and the synthetic agonist ibutamoren.Nat CommunOther paper2021
Development and validation of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for screening six selective androgen receptor modulators in dietary supplements.Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk AssessOther paper2021
An in vitro assay approach to investigate the potential impact of different doping agents on the steroid profile.Drug Test AnalOther paper2021
Antiviral activity of sertindole, raloxifene and ibutamoren against transcription and replication-competent Ebola virus-like particles.BMB RepOther paper2020
Differential functional selectivity and downstream signaling bias of ghrelin receptor antagonists and inverse agonists.FASEB JOther paper2019
Novel domain-selective ACE-inhibiting activity of synthetic growth hormone secretagogues.Pharmacol ResOther paper2012
Growth hormone secretagogues and growth hormone releasing peptides act as orthosteric super-agonists but not allosteric regulators for activation of the G protein Galpha(o1) by the Ghrelin receptor.Mol PharmacolOther paper2009
Gateways to clinical trials.Methods Find Exp Clin PharmacolOther paper2009
Gateways to clinical trials.Methods Find Exp Clin PharmacolOther paper2009
Overlapping binding site for the endogenous agonist, small-molecule agonists, and ago-allosteric modulators on the ghrelin receptor.Mol PharmacolOther paper2009
Electrophile-induced dearomatizing spirocyclization of N-arylisonicotinamides: a route to spirocyclic piperidines.Org LettOther paper2008
Impurity profile tracking for active pharmaceutical ingredients: case reports.J Pharm Biomed AnalOther paper2007
Gateways to clinical trials.Methods Find Exp Clin PharmacolOther paper2006
Nonpeptide and peptide growth hormone secretagogues act both as ghrelin receptor agonist and as positive or negative allosteric modulators of ghrelin signaling.Mol EndocrinolOther paper2005
Evidence against adenosine analogues being agonists at the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.Biochem PharmacolOther paper2005
Natural (ghrelin) and synthetic (hexarelin) GH secretagogues stimulate H9c2 cardiomyocyte cell proliferation.J EndocrinolOther paper2002
The antiproliferative effect of synthetic peptidyl GH secretagogues in human CALU-1 lung carcinoma cells.EndocrinologyOther paper2002
Spiro(indoline-3,4'-piperidine) growth hormone secretagogues as ghrelin mimetics.Bioorg Med Chem LettOther paper2001
Identification, characterization, and biological activity of specific receptors for natural (ghrelin) and synthetic growth hormone secretagogues and analogs in human breast carcinomas and cell lines.J Clin Endocrinol MetabOther paper2001
Binding of 125I-labeled ghrelin to membranes from human hypothalamus and pituitary gland.J Endocrinol InvestOther paper2001
Adenosine: A partial agonist of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.Biochem Biophys Res CommunOther paper2000
Growth hormone secretagogue binding sites in peripheral human tissues.J Clin Endocrinol MetabOther paper2000
Adenosine is an agonist of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.EndocrinologyOther paper2000
Specific binding sites for synthetic growth hormone secretagogues in non-tumoral and neoplastic human thyroid tissue.J EndocrinolOther paper2000
Development of analytical and preparative chromatographic separations of novel growth hormone secretagogue compounds.J Chromatogr AOther paper2000
Pharmacological characterisation of a new oral GH secretagogue, NN703.Eur J EndocrinolOther paper1999
Expression of functional growth hormone secretagogue receptors in human pituitary adenomas: polymerase chain reaction, triple in-situ hybridization and cell culture studies.J NeuroendocrinolOther paper1999
A New Orphan Receptor Involved in Pulsatile Growth Hormone Release.Trends Endocrinol MetabOther paper1999
Specific receptors for synthetic GH secretagogues in the human brain and pituitary gland.J EndocrinolOther paper1998
Structural requirements for the activation of the human growth hormone secretagogue receptor by peptide and nonpeptide secretagogues.Mol EndocrinolOther paper1998
Identification of a pituitary growth hormone-releasing peptide (GHRP) receptor subtype by photoaffinity labeling.EndocrinologyOther paper1998
Two methods for the measurement of the dissociation pressure of a crystalline hydrate.J Pharm Biomed AnalOther paper1997
Determination of a novel growth hormone secretagogue (MK-677) in human plasma at picogram levels by liquid chromatography with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry.J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci ApplOther paper1997
Molecular analysis of rat pituitary and hypothalamic growth hormone secretagogue receptors.Mol EndocrinolOther paper1997
Theodore R. Woodward Award. Age-related decline in growth hormone secretion: clinical significance and potential reversibility.Trans Am Clin Climatol AssocOther paper1997

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