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Diminished gastric inhibitory polypeptide response to oral glucose in late human pregnancy. 1979

P J Hornnes, and C Kühl, and K B Lauritsen

It has been shown that the incretin effect - i.e. the gastrointestinal potentiation of the insulin response to oral glucose - is reduced in late normal pregnancy. As evidence points to gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) as mediator of at least part of the incretin effect, the GIP response was determined following a 50 g oral glucose load in 6 normal women in the last trimester of pregnancy and again post partum. Compared to post partum the GIP response to oral glucose was significantly impaired in late pregnancy. It is concluded that the diminished GIP response to oral glucose in late pregnancy might at least partly explain the impaired incretin effect found in this condition.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007328	Insulin	A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).	Iletin,Insulin A Chain,Insulin B Chain,Insulin, Regular,Novolin,Sodium Insulin,Soluble Insulin,Chain, Insulin B,Insulin, Sodium,Insulin, Soluble,Regular Insulin
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011263	Pregnancy Trimester, Third	The last third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 29th through the 42nd completed week (197 to 294 days) of gestation.	Pregnancy, Third Trimester,Trimester, Third,Last Trimester,Last Trimesters,Pregnancies, Third Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, Third,Third Pregnancy Trimester,Third Pregnancy Trimesters,Third Trimester,Third Trimester Pregnancies,Third Trimester Pregnancy,Third Trimesters,Trimester, Last,Trimesters, Last,Trimesters, Third
D001786	Blood Glucose	Glucose in blood.	Blood Sugar,Glucose, Blood,Sugar, Blood
D005260	Female		Females
D005749	Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide	A gastrointestinal peptide hormone of about 43-amino acids. It is found to be a potent stimulator of INSULIN secretion and a relatively poor inhibitor of GASTRIC ACID secretion.	Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Peptide,Gastric-Inhibitory Polypeptide,Glucose Dependent Insulinotropic Peptide,Glucose-Dependent Insulin-Releasing Peptide,Glucose Dependent Insulin Releasing Peptide,Inhibitory Polypeptide, Gastric,Insulin-Releasing Peptide, Glucose-Dependent,Insulinotropic Peptide, Glucose-Dependent,Peptide, Glucose-Dependent Insulin-Releasing,Peptide, Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic,Polypeptide, Gastric Inhibitory,Polypeptide, Gastric-Inhibitory
D005768	Gastrointestinal Hormones	HORMONES secreted by the gastrointestinal mucosa that affect the timing or the quality of secretion of digestive enzymes, and regulate the motor activity of the digestive system organs.	Enteric Hormone,Enteric Hormones,Gastrointestinal Hormone,Intestinal Hormone,Intestinal Hormones,Hormone, Enteric,Hormone, Gastrointestinal,Hormone, Intestinal,Hormones, Enteric,Hormones, Gastrointestinal,Hormones, Intestinal
D005947	Glucose	A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.	Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man