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Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide

"Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A gastrointestinal peptide hormone of about 43-amino acids. It is found to be a potent stimulator of INSULIN secretion and a relatively poor inhibitor of GASTRIC ACID secretion.


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Bar chart showing 8 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012
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