Gastrointestinal Hormones - Icho Hormone

Japanese: 胃腸ホルモン - いちょうほるもん
Gastrointestinal Hormones - Icho Hormone

...(6) Gastrointestinal Hormones are found scattered in the pylorus of the stomach, the duodenum, and the beginning of the small intestine. These hormones are collectively called gastrointestinal hormones (or digestive hormones), some of which are also detected in the brain. (7) Adrenal Glands In mammals, the adrenal glands are divided into cortical tissue that produces steroids and medullary tissue that produces catecholamines, but in lower vertebrates, steroid-producing tissue and catecholamine-producing tissue exist separately or together. ...

From [Hormones]

…Glucagon is produced in A cells and consists of 29 amino acids. It shares a similar amino acid sequence with secretin, a gastrointestinal hormone. It is likely that they evolved chemically from a common ancestral molecule. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gastrointestinal hormones" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(6)胃腸 胃の幽門部,十二指腸,小腸始部にホルモンを分泌する細胞が散在している。これらのホルモンをまとめて胃腸ホルモン(または消化管ホルモン)といい,その中のいくつかは脳にも検出される。(7)副腎 副腎は哺乳類ではステロイドを生産する皮質組織とカテコールアミンを生産する髄質組織に分けられるが,下等脊椎動物では,ステロイド生産組織とカテコールアミン生産組織が,別々に存在したり混在したりする。…

【ホルモン】より

…グルカゴンはA細胞で生産され,29個のアミノ酸からなる。胃腸ホルモンの一つであるセクレチンとアミノ酸配列の一部が類似している。共通の祖先型分子から化学進化したのであろう。…

※「胃腸ホルモン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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