gastrin
IPA: gˈæstrɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates the production of gastric acid in the stomach
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Examples of "gastrin" in Sentences
- Big gastrin is a form of gastrin.
- Minigastrin is a form of gastrin.
- Gastrin releasing peptide receptor.
- High gastrin levels are often detected.
- Inhibition of gastrin and HCl secretion is lifted.
- Gastrin and secretin may also act as secretagogues.
- In addition, the fetal pancreas also makes gastrin, secretin.
- Secretion of gastrin is stimulated by food arriving in stomach.
- It is frequently the source of the gastrin in Zollinger Ellison syndrome.
- In addition, the source of the increased gastrin production must be discovered.
- In advance of its further characterization we called this new form big gastrin (BG).
- The sensation of swallowing and food entering the stomach causes the antrum to produce gastrin.
- Gastrin secretion increases gastric acidity, which then suppresses secretion of antral gastrin.
- The molecule closely simulates the hormone gastrin, which is involved with hydrochloric acid secretion.
- When the circulation of gastrin reaches the gastric glands, it causes them to increase the secretion of pepsin three fold and HCl eight fold.
- The high level of plasma gastrin in PA is quite appropriate in view of the absence of the inhibitory effect of HCl on the secretion of antral gastrin.
- Since gastric hydrochloric acid normally suppresses gastrin secretion, the continued absence of acid and the repeated stimulation by feeding eventually produces secondary hyperplasia of gastrin-producing cells.
- Similarly, women are more likely to have higher levels or more frequent mutations in biomarkers known to be involved in lung cancer, such as gastrin-releasing peptide factor or epidermal growth factor receptor, or EGFR.
- In Figure 10 are compared basal gastrin concentrations in patients with pernicious anemia (PA), in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZE) and in a group of patients we have diagnosed as having non-tumorous hypergastrinemic hyperchlorhydria (NT-HH) (29-31).