: any of various polypeptide hormones that are secreted by the gastric mucosa and induce secretion of gastric juice
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Coffee also stimulates gastrin, a hormone responsible for gastric motility, the movement of food through your digestive tract.3
Studies have also found that the caffeine in coffee may stimulate cholecystokinin production.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
The cancer cells release gastrin, a highly acidic hormone.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
That’s because drinking coffee stimulates the release of gastrin, a hormone that causes the intestines to constrict and relax, Crespin said.
—Andrea Michelson, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
Zhou-Feng Chen, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues showed that mice engineered to lack genes for this receptor — called the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor — could still feel pain but barely felt itch, no matter what the researchers tried.
—Katherine Harmon Courage, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020
The extra gastrin can cause acid secretion to increase.
—Sean O'Neal, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
When PPIs stop the production of stomach acid, it’s theorized, your body responds by making more of the hormone gastrin.
—Sean O'Neal, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
The response is driven by the vagus nerve, as well as hormones like gastrin and histamine.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2023
Coffee appears to also stimulate release of the hormone gastrin, Staller said, which enables production of gastric acid (stomach acid).
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
The cancer cells release gastrin, a highly acidic hormone.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
That’s because drinking coffee stimulates the release of gastrin, a hormone that causes the intestines to constrict and relax, Crespin said.
—Andrea Michelson, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
Zhou-Feng Chen, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues showed that mice engineered to lack genes for this receptor — called the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor — could still feel pain but barely felt itch, no matter what the researchers tried.
—Katherine Harmon Courage, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020
The extra gastrin can cause acid secretion to increase.
—Sean O'Neal, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
When PPIs stop the production of stomach acid, it’s theorized, your body responds by making more of the hormone gastrin.
—Sean O'Neal, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
The response is driven by the vagus nerve, as well as hormones like gastrin and histamine.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2023
Coffee appears to also stimulate release of the hormone gastrin, Staller said, which enables production of gastric acid (stomach acid).
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
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“Gastrin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gastrin. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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