Intestinal hormones and regulation of satiety: the case for CCK, GLP-1, PYY, and Apo A-IV.
Satiety, the physiologic processes that combine to bring about the cessation of a meal, is controlled in part by intestinal peptide secretion. The effects of cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide I, peptide YY, and apolipoprotein A-IV are described.
D'Alessio
David
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA. david.d'alessio@uc.edu