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- Somatostatin, also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) or by several other names, is a peptide hormone that regulates the endocrine system...
- Somatostatin receptor type 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR2 gene. The SSTR2 gene is located on chromosome 17 on the long arm in position...
- Delta cells (δ-cells or D cells) are somatostatin-producing cells. They can be found in the stomach, intestine and the pancreatic islets. Delta cells comprise...
- Somatostatin receptor antagonists (or somatostatin inhibitors) are a class of chemical compounds that work by imitating the structure of the neuropeptide...
- Somatostatin receptors are receptors for the ligand somatostatin, a small neuropeptide ****ociated with neural signaling, particularly in the post-synaptic...
- treatment of acromegaly is to use somatostatin analoguesoctreotide (Sandostatin) or lanreotide (Somatuline). These somatostatin analogues are synthetic forms...
- Somatostatin receptor type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR1 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of many...
- localize sarcoidosis. It is also called somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS). Octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is radiolabeled with indium-111...
- by somatostatin (growth-hormone-inhibiting hormone). Somatostatin is released from neurosecretory nerve terminals of periventricular somatostatin neurons...
- Somatostatin receptor type 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR3 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of many...