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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Colorectal Dis. 2007 Jun 19;22(10):1143–1163. doi: 10.1007/s00384-007-0331-x

Table 3.

Gut hormones: gastrin family: their mode of delivery, site of action, their physiologic effects, and the levels post-RPC surgery and cited references

Hormone Modes of delivery Site of action Effects Levels in RPC Cited references

Gastrin Endocrine Stomach (parietal cells) ↑ Gastric acid secretion Identical Inoue et al. 1982, Greenberg et al. 1989, M’Koma et al. 1999
Ghrelin Endocrine Stomach (A-like cells) ↑ Gastric emptying No study in RPC
Paracrine ↑ Gastric motility ↑ in modulating immune response inflammatory colitis Chang et al. 2003, Brzozowski et al. 2004, Dixit et al. 2004, Korbonits et al. 2004, Granado et al. 2205
Cholecystokinin Endocrine Gall bladder ↑ Contraction of gallbladder ↑ in RPC Salemans et al. 1995, Hallgren et al.1995, van Battum et al. 1999
Small intestine ↓ Gastric emptying
↑ Pancreatic enzyme secretion
↑ Memory enhancement Satiation

RPC Restorative proctocolectomy, IPAA ileal pouch anal anastomosis