(from the article `endocrine system, human`) Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), a 28-amino-acid polypeptide, is secreted by cells throughout the intestinal tract. It stimulates the ... ...peptides have been found to originate not in endocrine cells but in neural elements within the gastrointestinal tract, to be released during ......
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A hormone found in the pancreas, intestine, and central nervous system. It has many actions in the body, such as helping to control the secretion of water, salts, enzymes, and gastric acid during digestion. It also causes smooth muscles in the digestive tract, the heart, and the blood vessels to relax. It also has effects on the immune system and t...
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<gastroenterology, protein> Peptide of 28 amino acids, originally isolated from porcine intestine, but later found in the central nervous system where it acts as a neuropeptide and is released by specific interneurons. May also affect behaviour of cells of the immune system. ... Acronym: VIP ... (05 Jan 1998) ...
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Peptide of 28 amino acids, originally isolated from porcine intestine, but later found in the central nervous system where it acts as a neuropeptide, and is released by specific interneurons. May also affect behaviour of cells of the immune system.
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Type: Term Synonyms: vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
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