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Table 10 - Argentaffin Cells

Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D., Adel K. Afifi, M.D., Paul M. Heidger, Jr., Ph.D.
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Cell	Location	Product	Function
D	Stomach, jejunum, ileum, colon	Somatostatin	Inhibition of other endocrine glands
D₁	Stomach, jejunum, ileum, colon	Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide	Increases intestinal motility, ion, and water secretion
EC	Stomach, jejunum, appendix	Serotonin, substance P	Increased intestinal activity
ECL	Stomach	Histamine	Vasodilator, gastric secretion
G	Stomach, duodenum	Gastrin	Stimulates gastric secretion, neurotransmitter
GRP	GI System	Gastrin-releasing peptide	Releases gastrin
I	Jejunum, ileum	Cholecystokinin	Pancreatic exocrine secretion, gallbladder contraction
K	Jejunum, ileum	Gastrin, inhibitory peptide	Inhibits gastric acid secretion
L	Jejunum, ileum, colon	Glucagon-like	Hepatic glycogenolysis substances
Mo	Jejunum, ileum	Motilin	Increases gut motility
N	Ileum	Neurotensin	Myenteric plexus transmitter
P	Stomach, jejunum	Unknown	Unknown
PP	Stomach, colon	Pancreatic polypeptide	Pancreatic exocrine secretion
S	Jejunum, ilium	Secretin	Pancreatic and bile secretion
TG	Jejunum	C-terminal gastrin immunoreactivity	Neurotransmitter
X	Stomach	Unknown	Unknown

Some names associated with the digestive system follow: von Ebner was a nineteenth-century Vienna histologist; Paneth, a nineteenth-century German physician; Lieberkühn, an eighteenth -century German anatomist; Brunner, a seventeen th-cen tury Swiss anatomist; Meissner, a nineteenth-century German anatomist, Auerbach, a nineteenth-century German anatomist; Glisson, a seventeenth -century English anatomist; von Kupffer, a nineteenth-century German anatomist; Schiff, a twentieth-century German chemist working in Florence, and Zenker, a nineteenth-century German pathologist.

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