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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Mar 14;26(5):613–624. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.01.017

Figure 4. Hormonal balance in the fasting and fed states.

Figure 4

Although there are many gastrointestinal hormones which promote satiety (e.g. PYY, GLP-1, CCK and Leptin), only one, ghrelin is a potent orexigenic, or appetite-stimulating, hormone.

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