Medical Definition of Vasoactive intestinal peptide
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Peptide of 28 amino acids, originally isolated from porcine intestine, but later found in the central nervous system where it acts as a neuropeptide and is released by specific interneurons. May also affect behaviour of cells of the immune system.
Acronym: VIP
(05 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
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