Reply to Kilic et al.

Abstract

We respect the critic done by Kilic et al.[1] related to our recent paper published in Endocrine Journal [2]. However, we would like to state that we do not agree with Kilic et al. on their views on the methodology and the reasoning. We used Phonix Ghrelin (Human) RIA Kit. This assay recognizes both acylated and desacylated forms of ghrelin. There are numerous studies reported in the literature using the method that we followed in our study [3][4][5].Regarding the units and serum levels of ghrelin, we are very sorry to share our mistake which is pg/tube values given us by the laboratory were expressed as pg/ ml in the text unless being multiplied before by ten (one tube is 100 microliter). ng/ml in the abstract is a spelling error.We apologize for the mistake.