Somatostatin

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Acromegaly p. 345

somatostatin analogs for p. 335

somatostatin for p. 362

Carcinoid syndrome p. 356, 592

somatostatin for p. 362

Δ cells

somatostatinomas of p. 357

somatostatin production p. 380

Glucagon p. 335

somatostatin and p. 380

somatostatinomas and p. 357

Glucagonomas p. 358

somatostatin for p. 364

Growth hormone (GH) p. 340, 364

somatostatin p. 343

Insulin p. 335

somatostatin and p. 380

somatostatinomas and p. 357

Pepsinogen

somatostatin and p. 380

Somatostatin

glucagon and p. 335

hypothalamic/pituitary drugs p. 364

hypothalamic-pituitary hormones p. 334

production of p. 337

regulatory substances p. 380

secretory cell locations p. 382

Summary

Somatostatin is a peptide hormone that is produced and secreted by several different cells in the body, such as in the pancreas, the gastrointestinal tract, the hypothalamus, and the central nervous system.

Somatostatin acts as an inhibitory hormone, meaning that it reduces the activity of other hormones such as the growth hormone and insulin. It is also involved in slowing down the activity of the digestive system, by inhibiting the secretion of gastric hormones (e.g. gastrin and cholecystokinin) and decreasing gastrointestinal motility.

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