Gastrointestinal Hormones
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Gastrointestinal Hormones. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Gastrointestinal Hormones.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Cholecystokinin - A peptide, of about 33 amino acids, secreted by the upper INTESTINAL MUCOSA and also found in the ce...
Epidermal Growth Factor - A 6-kDa polypeptide growth factor initially discovered in mouse submaxillary glands. Human epidermal...
Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide - A gastrointestinal peptide hormone of about 43-amino acids. It is found to be a potent stimulator of...
Gastrin-Releasing Peptide - Neuropeptide and gut hormone that helps regulate GASTRIC ACID secretion and motor function. Once rel...
Gastrins - A family of gastrointestinal peptide hormones that excite the secretion of GASTRIC JUICE. They may a...
Gastrointestinal Hormones - HORMONES secreted by the gastrointestinal mucosa that affect the timing or the quality of secretion ...
Glicentin - A 69-amino acid peptide derived from the N-terminal of PROGLUCAGON. It is mainly produced by the INT...
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 - A peptide of 36 or 37 amino acids that is derived from PROGLUCAGON and mainly produced by the INTEST...
Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 - A 33-amino acid peptide derived from the C-terminal of PROGLUCAGON and mainly produced by the INTEST...
Glucagon-Like Peptides - Peptides derived from proglucagon which is also the precursor of pancreatic GLUCAGON. Despite expres...
Motilin - A peptide of about 22-amino acids isolated from the DUODENUM. At low pH it inhibits gastric motor ac...
Oxyntomodulin - A 37-amino acid peptide derived from the C-terminal of GLICENTIN. It is mainly produced by the INTES...
Pentagastrin - A synthetic pentapeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the se...
Peptide YY - A 36-amino acid peptide produced by the L cells of the distal small intestine and colon. Peptide YY ...
Proglucagon - The common precursor polypeptide of pancreatic GLUCAGON and intestinal GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES. Progl...
Secretin - A peptide hormone of about 27 amino acids from the duodenal mucosa that activates pancreatic secreti...
Sincalide - An octapeptide hormone present in the intestine and brain. When secreted from the gastric mucosa, it...
Tetragastrin - L-Tryptophyl-L-methionyl-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalaninamide. The C-terminal tetrapeptide of gastrin. It ...
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide - A highly basic, 28 amino acid neuropeptide released from intestinal mucosa. It has a wide range of b...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
