secretin
Americannoun
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a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
noun
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a peptic hormone secreted by the mucosae of the duodenum and jejunum when food passes from the stomach
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Origin of secretin
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"L. reuteri stimulates enteroendocrine cells in the intestine to release the gut hormone secretin, which in turn stimulates another intestinal cell type, the enterocyte, to release oxytocin."
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023
The small intestine also releases digestive hormones, including secretin and CCK, which stimulate digestive processes to break down the proteins further.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Hepatocytes work non-stop, but bile production increases when fatty chyme enters the duodenum and stimulates the secretion of the gut hormone secretin.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In 2004, the experimental drug secretin, developed by RepliGen, did not show that it worked in an advanced clinical trial, disappointing parents of children with autism who had placed their hopes in the drug.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013
ANGREP, G. V., AND DRUMMOND, J. C.: Note on the supposed identity of water soluble vitamin B and secretin.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
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