Gastrointestinal regulatory peptides

Table 4.2 Some regulatory peptides secreted by the gastrointestinal tract and main effects...

Somatostatin is a 14-amino-acid peptide that is released in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas from paracrine cells, D cells, and enteric nerves as well as from the hypothalamus (see Chapter 37). Somatostatin is a key regulatory peptide that has many physiologic effects ... 

Clinical disorders involving regulatory peptides of the gastrointestinal tract are uncommon. 

Of the many regulatory gastrointestinal peptides, four are well understood and are considered to he authentic... 

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