"Peptide YY" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 36-amino acid peptide produced by the L cells of the distal small intestine and colon. Peptide YY inhibits gastric and pancreatic secretion.
| Descriptor ID |
D019894
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.317.662 D06.472.699.595 D12.644.548.595
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peptide YY" by people in Profiles.
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Physiology of weight loss surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2011 Dec; 91(6):1149-61, vii.
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Gastric bypass surgery restores meal stimulation of the anorexigenic gut hormones glucagon-like peptide-1 and peptide YY independently of caloric restriction. Surg Endosc. 2012 Apr; 26(4):1086-94.