title: Current concepts in gastrointestinal peptides: a physician's guide.
abstract: Gastrointestinal hormones were the subject of a review at The Royal Australasian College of Physicians meeting in 1973. Over the past nine years there has been such an explosion of knowledge about these peptides that even the experts in the field cannot keep up with the almost monthly discovery of either new peptides or new actions for old peptides. This paper will consider only four aspects of gastrointestinal hormones encompassing areas that are relatively new and reviewing the clinical usefulness of gastrointestinal hormones in practice. The areas which require consideration are: (i) How do we define a gastrointestinal hormone. (ii) Concept of brain-gut peptides and relationship of amphibian peptides to mammalian hormones. (iii) Of the plethora of peptides discovered, which have a defined role in normal physiology. (iv) When should a clinician ask for a gastrointestinal hormone estimate in clinical practice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones