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  2. Gastrointestinal hormone - Wikipedia

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    Stomach, duodenum: Opiate-like actions Enteroglucagon: Small intestine, pancreas: Inhibits insulin secretion Galanin: Enteric nerves: Ghrelin: Stomach: Stimulates appetite, increases gastric emptying Glucagon-like peptide 1: Pancreas, ileum: Increases insulin secretion Glucagon-like peptide 2: Ileum, colon: Enterocyte-specific growth hormone ...

  3. Secretin - Wikipedia

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    Secretin is a hormone that regulates water homeostasis throughout the body and influences the environment of the duodenum by regulating secretions in the stomach, pancreas, and liver. It is a peptide hormone produced in the S cells of the duodenum, which are located in the intestinal glands. [5] In humans, the secretin peptide is encoded by the ...

  4. Insulin - Wikipedia

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    Insulin undergoes extensive posttranslational modification along the production pathway. Production and secretion are largely independent; prepared insulin is stored awaiting secretion. Both C-peptide and mature insulin are biologically active. Cell components and proteins in this image are not to scale.

  5. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    This fluid is composed of four primary components: ions, digestive enzymes, mucus, and bile. About half of these fluids are secreted by the salivary glands, pancreas, and liver, which compose the accessory organs and glands of the digestive system. The rest of the fluid is secreted by the GI epithelial cells.

  6. Gastric inhibitory polypeptide - Wikipedia

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    Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), also known as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, is an inhibiting hormone of the secretin family of hormones. [5] While it is a weak inhibitor of gastric acid secretion, its main role, being an incretin, is to stimulate insulin secretion.

  7. Heterocrine gland - Wikipedia

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    Heterocrine glands typically have a complex structure that enables them to produce and release different types of secretions. The two primary components of these glands are: Endocrine component: Heterocrine glands produce hormones, which are chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream to target organs or tissues.

  8. List of human hormones - Wikipedia

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    Induces insulin secretion 29 Gastrin: GAS Peptide: stomach, duodenum: G cell: CCK 2: Secretion of gastric acid by parietal cells: 30 Ghrelin: Peptide: stomach: P/D1 cell: ghrelin receptor: Stimulate appetite, secretion of growth hormone from anterior pituitary gland. 31 Glucagon: GCG Peptide: pancreas: alpha cells of Islets of Langerhans ...

  9. Insulin signal transduction pathway - Wikipedia

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    The influx of Ca 2+ ions causes the secretion of insulin stored in vesicles through the cell membrane. The process of insulin secretion is an example of a trigger mechanism in a signal transduction pathway because insulin is secreted after glucose enters the beta cell and that triggers several other processes in a chain reaction.