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motilin

 [mo-til´in]
a polypeptide hormone secreted by enterochromaffin cells of the gut; it causes increased motility of several portions of the gut and stimulates pepsin secretion. Its release is stimulated by the presence of acid and fat in the duodenum.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

mo·til·in

(mō-til'in), [MIM*158270]
A 22-amino acid polypeptide occurring in duodenal mucosa as a controller of normal gastrointestinal motor activity; in minute (that is, ng) doses, it induces powerful motor activity increases in the fundic gland area and antral pouches of the stomach, with an increase in pepsin output from the fundic gland.
[motility + -in]
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Erythromycin could stimulate gastrointestinal motility because it acts as a motilin receptor agonist in the gut and gallbladder stimulating enteric nerves and smooth muscle and triggering a phase of the migrating myoelectric complex [18].
Takeyama, "Effect of Dai-kenchuto on levels of 3 brain-gut peptides (motilin, gastrin and somatostatin) in human plasma," Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, vol.
Non-fonksiyonel olanlar (diger adiyla PPoma) kromogranin-A, noron spesifik enolaz, pankreatik polipeptid, kalsitonin, ghrelin, norotensin, motilin, insan koryonik gonadotropini gibi cesitli peptidler salgilarlar.
[9] For instance, cholecystokinin secreting cells, motilin secreting M cells, and neurotensin secreting N cells are found in the small intestine, but are absent in the large intestine.
Motilin, present in breast milk, may be one of those responsible for the difference in bowel habits.
After 14 days of feeding, the serum motilin, gastrin and vitamin D levels of both groups all increased, with significant intra-group and inter-group differences.
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