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Definition of Somatostatin

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Medical Definition of Somatostatin

1. Gastrointestinal and hypothalmic peptide hormone (two forms: 14 and 28 residues), found in gastric mucosa, pancreatic islets, nerves of the gastrointestinal tract, in posterior pituitary and in the central nervous system. Inhibits gastric secretion and motility: in hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits somatotropin release. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Somatostatin

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1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"somatostatin had no effect on basal adrenaline or noradrenaline secretion ... At concentrations above 1 microM, somatostatin inhibited the secretion of both ..."

2. In the Matter of Certain Recombinantly Produced Human Growth Hormones by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Each of somatostatin and insulin is a fusion protein (FF 15). somatostatin is also a functional mammalian polypeptide (FF 16). ..."

3. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Given the pre- clinical evidence for the interaction between the DA and somatostatin systems, the localization of somatostatin in regions critical in the ..."

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