Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) a digestive hormone is secreted when fats and carbohydrates, especially glucose, enter the small intestine.
A member of the secretin family of hormones, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide is an inhibitory hormone.
It is sometimes referred to as gastric inhibitory polypeptide or stomach inhibitory peptide.
The enteroendocrine K-cells, which are widespread in the small intestine secrete GIP.
The hormone gastric inhibitory polypeptide, which is released by intestinal mucosal cells, prevents the stomach from producing hydrochloric acid.
Additionally, it improves the islets of Langerhans' beta cells' ability to secrete insulin, which results in a considerable increase in blood insulin concentrations following oral glucose delivery.
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