Title | Gastrointestinal Endocrinology [electronic resource] / edited by George H. Greeley |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-695-9 |
Descript | X, 585 p. online resource |
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