Editorial: Gastrointestinal hormones

Silvano Paternoster, Damien J. Keating, Marco Falasca

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Abstract

The gastrointestinal tract is a vast organ hosting a broad gamut of hormone secreting cells. After more than a century since the first description in 1906 of metabolically active gut extracts by Moore (1), we are still unveiling novel functions in health and disease for this complex endocrine organ.
Original languageEnglish
Article number498
Number of pages2
JournalFrontiers in Endocrinology
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2019

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Copyright © 2019 Paternoster, Keating and Falasca. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Keywords

  • Enteroendocrine cell
  • G protein coupled receptor (GPCR)
  • Gastrointestinal hormone
  • Glucagen-Like Peptides
  • NAFLD

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