Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hormone or another agent that causes or stimulates secretion.
Wiktionary
- n. A substance (such as a hormone) that stimulates secretion.
Etymologies
- secret(ion)1 + -agogue. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Therefore, a lower dose of the insulin secretagogue may be required to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia if used in combination with KOMBIGLYZE XR.”
“A polysaccharide found in this fruit has been found to be an anti-aging secretagogue.”
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“This stimulation is prevented by growth hormone secretagogue receptor-1 antagonism as well as by U-73122, a phospholipase C inhibitor and by calcium channels blockers.”
“Willesen MG, Kristensen P, Rømer J (1999) Co-localization of growth hormone secretagogue receptor and NPY mRNA in the arcuate nucleus of the rat.”
“Kamegai J, Wakabayashi I, Kineman RD, Frohman LA (1999) Growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) and growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) mRNA levels during postnatal development in male and female rats.”
“Drisko J, Faidley T, Chang C, Anderson LL, et al. (1996) Mediation by the central nervous system is critical to the in vivo activity of the GH secretagogue L-692,585.”
“Mousseaux D, Le Gallic L, Ryan J, Oiry C, Gagne D, et al. (2006) Regulation of ERK1/2 activity by ghrelin-activated growth hormone secretagogue receptor”
“Smith RG, Leng G (1998) The nonpeptide growth hormone secretagogue, MK-0677, activates hypothalamic arcuate nucleus neurons in vivo.”
“Broglio F, Boutignon F, Benso A, Gottero C, Prodam F, et al. (2002) EP1572: a novel peptido-mimetic GH secretagogue with potent and selective GH-releasing activity in man.”
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