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Oct 2026
Regulation of gastrin-releasing peptide gene expression in chickens
Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is a neuropeptide with diverse physiological functions in mammals. Similar to its mammalian counterparts, chicken GRP (cGRP) is expressed in endocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract, including the proventriculus, where it regulates gastric acid secretion. Our previous study showed...
Ke-Fan Tang, X. Tian, Xiao-Han Yuan et al.
· Frontiers in Physiology · 0 citations