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    • blood ghrelin amount   VT:0010695   (1)
    Definition: The proportion, quantity, or volume 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. [MP:0011611]; xref: EFO:0600001;
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    MP:0010695 (abnormal blood pressure regulation) is numbered similarly to VT:0010695 but is over in the MP ontology (semantics may or may not be similar).

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