Table 1.
Hormones and peptides which affect intestinal nutrient absorption
| Hormones/Peptides | Cell types which express the specific peptide | Cell types in the intestine and elsewhere which express corresponding receptors |
| IGF I& II | Granulosa cells[158] | Non-Islet cell tumors[163] |
| Prostate stromal cells[159] | Hepatoma cells[164] | |
| Neonatal bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells[160] | Intestinal smooth muscle[165] | |
| Systemic sclerosis lung fibroblasts[161] | Astrocytoma cells[166] | |
| Melanoma Cells (SK-MEL2)[162] | Camel intestinal lamina propria[167] | |
| Camel epithelia of the crypt cells[167] | ||
| Camel villi[167] | ||
| EGF | Rat submandibular glands cells[168] | Keratinocytes[169] |
| HaCaT cells[169] | Urothelial cells[172] | |
| Porcine cumulus cells[170] | Fibromyoblasts[173] | |
| Esophageal epithelial cell[171] | Smooth muscle cells[173] | |
| Fibroblasts[173] | ||
| Colonic epithelial cells[174] | ||
| Murine pancreatic beta cells[175] | ||
| TGF-α | Hypothalamic astrocytes[176] | Pancreatic cancer cells[180] |
| Granulosa cells[177] | Osteoblasts[181] | |
| Ovarian theca cells[177] | Murine conjunctival goblet cells[182] | |
| Endometrial stromal cells[177] | Fundic mucous cells[183] | |
| Eosinophhils[178] | Murine intestinal epithelial cells[184] | |
| Colon cancer cells[179] | ||
| HGF | Lung microvascular endothelial cells[185] | Cardiomyocytes[189] |
| Umbilical vein endothelial cells[185] | Liver progenitor cells[190] | |
| Neutrophils[186] | Glioblastoma cells[191] | |
| Monocytes[187] | Myeloma cells[192] | |
| Adipocytes[188] | Tumor plasma cells[192] | |
| Neuroblasts[193] | ||
| Hepatocellular carcinoma cells[194] | ||
| Epithelial tubular cells[195] | ||
| Antroduodenal G cells[196] | ||
| Rectal enterochromaffin cells[196] | ||
| Pancreatic A and B cells[196] | ||
| Intestinal epithelial cells[196] | ||
| Erythropoietin | Amniotic epithelial cells[197] | Erythroid cells[202] |
| Schwann cells[198] | Endothelial cells[203] | |
| Interstitial fibroblasts[199] | Neuronal cells[203] | |
| Metanephric adenoma cells[200] | Cardiac myocytes[203] | |
| Mesenchymal stromal cells[201] | Vascular smooth muscles[203] | |
| Murine fetal enterocytes[204] | ||
| Intestinal epithelial cells[205] | ||
| KGF | Mucosal and dermal fibroblasts[206] | Alveolar epithelial type II cells[209] |
| Gastric fibroblasts[207] | Breast cancer cells[210] | |
| Endometrial stromal cells[208] | Cholesteatoma cells[211] | |
| Enterochromaffin cells[212] |
Note: All of these are in humans until stated otherwise.