Pancreatic polypeptide
| Pancreatic polypeptide | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | PPY | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 5539 | ||||||
| HGNC | 9327 | ||||||
| OMIM | 167780 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_002722 | ||||||
| UniProt | P01298 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 17 p11.1-qter | ||||||
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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a polypeptide secreted by PP cells in the endocrine pancreas. It is a hormone and it regulates pancreatic secretion activities, and also impacts liver glycogen storage and gastrointestinal secretion. Its secretion may be impacted by certain endocrine tumours.