Gastrointestinal Endocrinology

• Structure and Function of Gastrointestinal Endocrine Cells.- 1 Biosynthesis and Processing of Gastrointestinal Peptide Hormones.- 2 Mechanisms That Attenuate Signaling by Regulatory Peptides.- 3 Cellular and Molecular Targets of Gastrin.- 4 Receptors for Peptides of the VIP/PACAP and PYY/NPY/PP Families.- 5 Cholecystokinin: Hormonal and Neurocrine Regulator of Postprandial Gastrointestinal Function.- 6 Effects of Aging on Gut Hormones.- 7 Gastrointestinal Hormones and Gastrointestinal Cancer Growth.- 8 Intraluminal Regulatory Peptides and Intestinal Cholecystokinin Secretion.- 9 Neuroendocrine Control of the Exocrine Pancreas.- 10 Neuroendocrine Immune Axis in the Intestine.- 11 Neuroendocrine Regulation of Intestinal Peristalsis.- 12 Pancreatic Polypeptide and Glucose Metabolism.- 13 Peptide Release from the Upper Small Intestine.- 14 Regulation of Gastric Acid Secretion.- 15 Role of Cholecystokinin in Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Growth of the Pancreas.- 16 Expression of the Neurotensin/Neuromedin N Gene in the Gut: A Potential Model for Gut Differentiation.- 17 Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP): Incretin vs Enterogastrone.- 18 Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Receptors and Binding Proteins in the Gastrointestinal System.- 19 Intestinal Proglucagon-Derived Peptides.- 20 Islet Amyloid Polypeptide and Adrenomedullin: Novel Peptide Hormones Expressed in the Gastro-EnteroPancreatic Region.- 21 Peptide YY.

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