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    Somatostatin, also known as growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH) or by several other names, is a peptide hormone that regulates the endocrine system...
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    Somatostatin receptors are receptors for the ligand somatostatin, a small neuropeptide associated with neural signaling, particularly in the post-synaptic...
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    surgery will be curative. If surgery is contraindicated or not curative, somatostatin analogues or GH receptor antagonists may be used. Radiation therapy may...
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    Octreotide (category Somatostatin inhibitors)
    name Sandostatin among others, is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone...
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    Somatostatin receptor type 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR2 gene. The SSTR2 gene is located on chromosome 17 on the long arm in position...
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    Somatostatin receptor antagonists (or somatostatin inhibitors) are a class of chemical compounds that work by imitating the structure of the neuropeptide...
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    Delta cells (δ-cells or D cells) are somatostatin-producing cells. They can be found in the stomach, intestine and the pancreatic islets. Delta cells comprise...
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    tumours express somatostatin receptors providing a unique target for imaging. Octreotide is a synthetic modification of somatostatin with a longer half-life...
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    Somatostatin receptor antagonists (or somatostatin inhibitors) are a class of chemical compounds that work by imitating the structure of the neuropeptide...
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    localize sarcoidosis. It is also called somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS). Octreotide, a drug similar to somatostatin, is radiolabeled with indium-111...
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  • by somatostatin (growth-hormone-inhibiting hormone). Somatostatin is released from neurosecretory nerve terminals of periventricular somatostatin neurons...
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    (GHRH or somatocrinin) and growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GHIH or somatostatin) into the hypophyseal portal venous blood surrounding the pituitary....
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  • The somatostatin family is a protein family with somatostatin as titular member, a hormone which inhibits the release of the pituitary somatotropin (growth...
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  • edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/otherendo/somatostatin.html Colorado State University - Biomedical Hypertextbooks - Somatostatin Nosek, Thomas M. "Section 5/5ch4/s5ch4_17"...
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    Somatostatin receptor type 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR5 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of many...
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    releases gastrin releasing peptide onto G cells. Finally, it also inhibits somatostatin release from D cells. The gastric phase: About sixty percent of the total...
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    Somatostatin receptor type 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR4 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of many...
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  • score is used to grade the uptake intensity of neuroendocrine tumors on somatostatin receptor imaging such as octreotide scan.[further explanation needed]...
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    cerebral cortex, and which has a strong structural similarity to somatostatin. Unlike somatostatin, when infused into the brain, it enhances slow-wave sleep...
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    Somatostatin receptor type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR1 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of many...
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    Shekel Somatostatin receptor type 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSTR3 gene. Somatostatin acts at many sites to inhibit the release of...
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    regulate blood sugar levels, secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the digestive system, it functions...
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    used in the treatment of cancers which express somatostatin receptors. It is a radiolabeled somatostatin analog. Alternatives to 177Lu-dotatate include...
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  • Nelivaptan V2 selective (V2RA) Lixivaptan Mozavaptan Satavaptan Tolvaptan Somatostatin is a competitive inhibitor. Demeclocycline, a tetracycline antibiotic...
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    weeks into development, the pancreas starts producing insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide. During the early stages of fetal development...
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    Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) Oxytocin Parathyroid hormone (PTH) Prolactin Renin Somatostatin Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)...
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    acting directly on anterior pituitary and by stimulating the secretion of somatostatin from the hypothalamus. Somatomedins are a group of proteins that promote...
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    a form of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) which targets somatostatin receptors (SSR). In that form of application it is a form of targeted...
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  • syndrome largely arise in the gut. CT and MRI that utilize radioactive somatostatin analogues such as indium-111 pentetreotide are used to localize the tumor...
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    can be achieved, as in PRRT. The current generation of PRRT targets somatostatin receptors, with a range of analogue materials such as octreotide and...
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