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| 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 regulates pancreatic secretion activities, and also impacts liver glycogen storage and gastrointestinal secretion. Its secretion may be impacted by certain endocrine tumours.