GHRL and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: The search terms were: “adipocytokines”, “adipokines”, “adiponectin”, “apelin”, “cytokines”, “central obesity”, “endothelin-1”, “ghrelin”, “insulin resistance”, “interleukin-6”, “leptin”, “metabolic syndrome”, “obesity”, “overweight”, “platelets”, “platelet dysfunction”, “resistin”, “thrombosis”, “Tumor necrosis factor-α ”, “vascular smooth muscle cells”, and “visfatin”.