secretin
IPA: sˈikrʌtɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity
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Examples of "secretin" in Sentences
- He was the first child in the UK to trial injections of a synthetic hormone called secretin.
- Parents felt just as strongly about secretin and MMR at one time as they do today about mercury.
- Substances such as secretin are in fact sometimes referred to rather informally as "chemical messengers."
- One of the three reviews also looked at secretin, which is used to alleviate gastrointestinal issues that are found in some children diagnosed with autism.
- The influx of acid from the stomach suffices to break the prosecretin molecule into smaller fragments, and these fragments " secretin " diffuse out into the bloodstream.
- Before that, secretin, a small protein secreted by the intestine, was proposed as a cure; many parents traveled hundreds of miles and spent thousands of dollars for secretin injections.
- This process is called secretin 'the lime; coral insects do the same, and, as many of the islands of the south seas are made by coral insects, you may guess that a considerable lot of lime is made away with.
- In the past 10 years, however, a number of high-quality studies showed there was no effect of secretin on autism symptoms, a conclusion borne out by researchers from Vanderbilt University who reviewed these studies in aggregate.
- It is unclear how many doctors and families advocate its use, but a 1998 case report of three children stirred excitement by suggesting the children showed social, cognitive and communication improvement after receiving two infusions of secretin.
- To help make sense of available research, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned scientists to examine three types of treatment: behavioral therapy, antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, and an enzyme called secretin.
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