Enterogastrone: Information from Answers.com

An enterogastrone is any hormone secreted by the mucosa of the duodenum in the lower gastrointestinal tract in response to dietary lipids that inhibit the caudal (or "forward, analward") motion of the contents of chyme.

Examples include:

References

^ You C, Chey W (1987). "Secretin is an enterogastrone in humans". Dig Dis Sci 32 (5): 466–71. doi:10.1007/BF01296028. PMID 2952476.
^ Lloyd K, Maxwell V, Chuang C, Wong H, Soll A, Walsh J (1994). "Somatostatin is released in response to cholecystokinin by activation of type A CCK receptors". Peptides 15 (2): 223–7. doi:10.1016/0196-9781(94)90006-X. PMID 7911992.
^ Gastric Inhibitory Peptide

External links

Enterogastrone at eMedicine Dictionary
MeSH enterogastrone

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v • d • e Digestive system, physiology: gastrointestinal physiology

Enteric nervous system	Meissner's plexus · Auerbach's plexus

Exocrine	Chief cells (Pepsinogen) · Parietal cells (Gastric acid, Intrinsic factor) · Goblet cells (Mucus)

Endocrine/paracrine	G cells (gastrin) · D cells (somatostatin) · ECL cells (Histamine) enterogastrone: I cells (CCK) · K cells (GIP) · S cells (secretin) Enteroendocrine cells · Enterochromaffin cell · APUD cell

Border	Brunner's glands · Paneth cells · Enterocytes

Fluids	tract: Saliva · Gastric juice · Intestinal juice accessory: Bile · Pancreatic juice

Processes	upper GI: Swallowing · Vomiting lower GI: Segmentation contractions · Migrating motor complex · Borborygmus · Defecation either/both: Peristalsis (Interstitial cell of Cajal) · Gastrocolic reflex accessory: Enterohepatic circulation

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