Gastrin in a Sentence
  • Other effects related to acid inhibition During treatment with antisecretory drugs, serum gastrin increases in response to the decreased acid secretion.
  • Excessive secretion of gastrin (a hormone secreted into the stomach to aid in digestion) by these tumors can cause upper gastrointestinal ulcers.
  • They do however produce other gastrointestinal hormones including gastrin and VIP.
  • The stomach wall also secretes gastrin while the kidney produces the hormone renin.
  • This gives a sensitivity of 85% when performed on all patients with a fasting gastrin of less than 400 pmol/l.
  • Another vaccine targets a hormone called gastrin, which is normally made by the pancreas.