incretins
Sign in to saveAlso known as Glucose-Dependent Insulin-Releasing Hormone, incretin
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Within Vinony's link graph, incretins is referenced by 93 other articles, and connects out to blood glucose, islet of Langerhans and gastrointestinal tract.
Vinony files it under Gastric hormones, Intestinal hormones and Peptide hormones.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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Incretins are a group of metabolic hormones that decrease blood glucose levels. Incretins are released after eating and augment the secretion of insulin released from pancreatic beta cells of the islets of Langerhans by a blood-glucose–dependent mechanism.
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