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| | PYY - peptide YY |
 | | The neuroendocrine peptides known to regulate gastrointestinal motility, namely secretin, gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP), motilin, somatostatin, peptide YY (PYY), substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and galanin, were measured in tissue extracts of different segments of the gut by radioimmunoassay. |
 | | Somatostatin and peptide YY originating from endocrine cells may exert direct inhibitory effects, possibly via somatostatin and peptide YY receptors on the EC cells, and a cholinergic muscarinic mechanism may exert indirect effects on the vascular release of serotonin via the muscarinic receptor on the endocrine cells. |
 | | Peptide YY showed a high degree of co-localization with glucagon- and insulin-producing cells in early pancreatic development, but by adulthood, peptide YY was expressed in less than half of the alpha cells and was no longer expressed in beta cells. |
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