Said S I
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs West Side Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Trends Endocrinol Metab. 1991 May-Jun;2(3):107-12. doi: 10.1016/s1043-2760(05)80006-2.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), a neuropeptide with wide distribution in the central and peripheral nervous systems, has a broad spectrum of biologic actions. Usually acting as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator but sometimes also as a blood-borne hormone, it participates in the regulation of a variety of major body functions and may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of several diseases.
血管活性肠肽(VIP)是一种在中枢和外周神经系统中广泛分布的神经肽,具有广泛的生物学作用。它通常作为神经递质或神经调节剂发挥作用,但有时也作为一种血液循环激素,参与多种主要身体功能的调节,可能是多种疾病发病机制中的一个重要因素。