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A research lab was searching the factors related to obesity. there are several peptides available for the exeriments. the post-doc injected each of them into mice, respectively. surprisingly, one group of mice which were injected with one type of peptides eat much more food immediately than before injection and also more than other groups. What kind of peptide did he inject into this group of mice?

A. Leptin
B. Insulin
C. Ghrelin
D. Glucagon
E. CCK
F. Norepinephrine

  #2

its C

  #3

C. Ghrelin

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  #4

Ghrelin increases appetite and Leptin decreases

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  #5

yeah it's ghrelin..thanx for your response.







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