Secretin in the rat hypothalamo-pituitary system: localization, release mechanisms, and functions

Y Chu - HKU Theses Online (HKUTO), 2004 - hub.hku.hk
Secretin is a classical gastrointestinal hormone and only until recently have its neuroactive
roles are being substantiated. In this study, the precise localizations of the transcripts and …

A putative role of secretin to regulate water homeostasis

BKC Chow, JYS Chu, CKS Chung - Regulatory Peptides, 2005 - hub.hku.hk
Secretin was first discovered as a gastrointestinal hormone a century ago, and to date, the
role of secretin in regulating functions of exocrine pancreas is firmly established. The notion …

Expression and electrophysiological studies of secretin in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

SNS Ho, JYS Chu, WH Yung, BKC Chow - Society for Neuroscience …, 2004 - hub.hku.hk
Secretin, a 27-amino-acid brain-gut hormone, is a putative neuropeptide believed to have
neuromodulatory effects in the central nervous system (CNS). Secretin and its receptor are …

Extragastrointestinal functions and transcriptional regulation of secretin and secretin receptors

Y Yuan, LTO Lee, SS Ng… - Annals of the New York …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The functional role of secretin outside the gastrointestinal system has been a mystery to
endocrinologists for many years. With the availability of secretin‐and secretin receptor …

Multiple actions of secretin in the human body

IPY Lam, FKY Siu, JYS Chu, BKC Chow - International Review of Cytology, 2008 - Elsevier
The discovery of secretin initiated the field of endocrinology. Over the past century, multiple
gastrointestinal functions of secretin have been extensively studied, and it was discovered …

Distribution and functional implication of secretin in multiple brain regions

R Wang, BKC Chow, L Zhang - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2019 - Springer
Secretin is a polypeptide hormone initially identified for its gastrointestinal functions.
However, emerging evidences show wide distribution of secretin and secretin receptor …

Secretin

SYL Ng, CYY Cheng, BKC Chow - Handbook of Biologically Active …, 2013 - hub.hku.hk
Since its initial discovery, secretin is now coined as a classical hormone with widespread
distribution. In particular, numerous studies have demonstrated the abundant expression of …

Endogenous release of secretin from the hypothalamus

JYS Chu, WH Yung, BKC Chow - … of the New York Academy of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies demonstrated that secretin could be released from the cerebellum, where it
exerts a facilitatory action on the GABAergic inputs into the Purkinje neurons. In the present …

Signaling mechanisms of secretin receptor

FKY Siu, IPY Lam, JYS Chu, BKC Chow - Regulatory peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
Secretin, a 27-amino acid gastrointestinal peptide, was initially discovered based on its
activities in stimulating pancreatic juice. In the past 20 years, secretin was demonstrated to …

Secretin: a pleiotrophic hormone

JYS Chu, WH Yung, BKC Chow - … of the New York Academy of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Secretin holds a unique place in the history of endocrinology and gastrointestinal
physiology, as it is the first peptide designated as a hormone. During the last century since …