Suppression of somatostatin release by duodenogastric reflux in dogs.
The effect of duodenogastric reflux on systemic and portal venous blood concentrations of somatostatin has been studied in the dog. Duodenogastric reflux suppressed somatostatin concentrations in both systemic and portal venous blood, but this did not occur when bile alone was diverted into the stomach. The suppression was also much less marked when truncal vagotomy accompanied the reflux. These findings suggest that altered somatostatin activity may play a part in the production of the pathophysiological changes occurring in clinical conditions such as peptic ulceration, in which there is an increase in duodenogastric reflux.[1]References
- Suppression of somatostatin release by duodenogastric reflux in dogs. Thomas, W.E., Ardill, J., Buchanan, K.D. Gut (1984) [Pubmed]
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