[Thyrotropin releasing hormone: functions and importance in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas]

L Duntas; P Malfertheiner

[Thyrotropin releasing hormone: functions and importance in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas]

Leber Magen Darm. 1993 Mar;23(2):67-71.

[Article in German]

Authors

L Duntas¹, P Malfertheiner

Affiliation

¹ Abt. Innere Medizin I, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Ulm.

PMID: 8474303

Abstract

Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) was found in the last years to be localised also in the gastrointestinal tract and specially in endocrine pancreas. In the present review the results from studies concerning the function and the perspective of a clinical application of TRH in gastrointestinal diseases shall be presented.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Gastric Emptying / physiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases / physiopathology
Gastrointestinal Hormones / physiology*
Humans
Neuropeptides / physiology
Pancreas / physiopathology*
Rats
Stomach / physiopathology*
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / physiology*

Substances

Gastrointestinal Hormones
Neuropeptides
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone