In order to assess the possible role of the new candidate gut hormone, motilin, in cantrolling
the interdigestive migrating motor complex (MMC) in man, 14 normal subjects were studied …

Little is known of the ability of the human newborn infant to mount an endocrine and
metabolic response to surgical trauma. Blood concentrations of glucose, lactate, pyruvate …

Radioimmunoassay and immunocytochemistry were used to study the distribution of
galanin, a novel 29 amino acid porcine intestinal peptide, in the central nervous system of …

A means of estimating human enteroglucagon (glucagon-like immunoreactivity of intestinal
origin) in tissues and plasma is described, based on the subtraction of RIA values obtained …

Neurotensin is a peptide recently discovered in the human ileum and it is released into
plasma after ingestion of food. Neurotensin was infused intravenously into 12 healthy …

Bombesin, a peptide with widespread biological actions, has been demonstrated in human
tissues by immunological methods. To investigate its effect in man, synthetic bombesin was …

Plasma motilin concentrations were measured in 37 women during the second and third
trimester of pregnancy and one week after delivery. The mean plasma motilin …

Prolonged absence of food from the gut is said to cause hypoplasia of the intestine and
pancreas. Whether gut and pancreatic hormone secretion is correspondingly altered is not …

Motilin, pancreatic polypeptide and gastrin blood concentrations in response to drinking
water have been studied in 40 patients with functional bowel disease and compared with …

Concentrations of various gut hormones were measured after a test breakfast in eight
patients with severe tropical malabsorption and 12 controls. The patients with tropical …