"Pentagastrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A synthetic pentapeptide that has effects like gastrin when given parenterally. It stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor, and has been used as a diagnostic aid.
| Descriptor ID |
D010418
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.317.413.593 D12.644.456.716
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| Concept/Terms |
Pentagastrin- Pentagastrin
- Gastrin Pentapeptide
- Pentapeptide, Gastrin
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pentagastrin" by people in Profiles.
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Zhang RS, Guth PH, Scremin OU, Chaudhuri G. H2 gas clearance technique for separating rat uterine blood flow into endometrial and myometrial components. Am J Physiol. 1995 Feb; 268(2 Pt 2):R569-75.
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Sander LD, Thomas RM. Gastrin releasing peptide, but not pentagastrin, stimulates ACTH and cortisol secretion in conscious dogs. Regul Pept. 1991 Aug 13; 35(2):127-33.
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Merguet P, Ewers HR, Brouwers HP. [Blood pressure and heart rate in normotensive subjects following maximum stimulation of gastrin secretion using pentagastrin]. Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1974; 80:561-4.