In dogs, pentagastrin significantly increased plasma levels of the body's own VIP.
In plain wordsIn dogs, pentagastrin raised the body's own VIP levels in blood.
- Outcome
- IncreasePlasma VIP after pentagastrin
- Study
dogn: not reported in source
awake dogs with Heidenhain pouches, pentagastrin-stimulated secretion- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
Source sentences
Plasma vasoactive intestinal peptide is significantly increased by pentagastrin, and this release is enhanced by intraduodenal hydrochloric acid.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The possible role of vasoactive intestinal peptide as an inhibitor of stimulated gastric secretion was investigated.
Awake dogs with Heidenhain pouches were stimulated with pentagastrin alone and in combination with intraduodenal instillation of various potential inhibitors of gastrointestinal secretion including isotonic phenylalanine, 3 percent hypertonic saline solution and 0.16 normal hydrochloric acid.
This result measures the body's own Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP, aviptadil). Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.