Two incretin hormones GLP-1 and GIP: Com
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Daisuke Yabe; Yutaka Seino
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are the two primary incretin hormones secreted from the intestine upon ingestion of glucose or nutrients to stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells. GIP and GLP-1 exert their effects by binding to their specific rec