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Cholecystokinin—From Local Gut Hormone to Ubiquitous Messenger

Cholecystokinin (CCK) was discovered in 1928 in jejunal extracts as a gallbladder contraction factor. It was later shown to be member of a peptide family, which are all ligands for the CCK(1) and CCK(2) receptors. CCK peptides are known to be synthetized in small intestinal endocrine I-cells and cer...

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Autor principal: Rehfeld, Jens F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28450850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2017.00047