gastric inhibitory polypeptide
noun
variants
also gastric inhibitory peptide
: an intestinal polypeptide hormone that stimulates insulin secretion by the pancreas in response to the presence of glucose in the gut especially following meal ingestion
… mice without receptors for the incretins, glucagon-like peptide 1, and gastric inhibitory polypeptide show impaired insulin secretion and abnormal glucose tolerance without insulin resistance.—Hanna Huopio et al., The Lancet
—abbreviation GIP
called also glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide
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