
Somatostatin - Wikipedia
Somatostatin is then carried to the anterior pituitary gland, where it inhibits the secretion of growth hormone from somatotrope cells.
Somatostatin: What It Is, Function & Symptoms - Cleveland Clinic
Apr 25, 2022 · In your hypothalamus, somatostatin stops the release of hormones your pituitary gland makes, including growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin.
Somatostatin - Hormones
Somatostatin from the hypothalamus inhibits the pituitary gland’s secretion of growth hormone and thyroid stimulating hormone. In addition, somatostatin is produced in the pancreas and inhibits the …
Growth hormone and somatostatin - Osmosis
Third, growth hormone and somatomedins together signal to the hypothalamus to produce somatostatin, which is also called the growth hormone inhibiting hormone. Somatostatin acts like a lawyer that tells …
Regulatory Mechanisms of Somatostatin Expression - PMC
In mammals, somatostatin originates from pre-prosomatostatin and is processed to a shorter form, i.e., somatostatin-14, and a longer form, i.e., somatostatin-28. The two peptides repress growth hormone …
Somatostatin | Hormone Regulation, Neuroendocrine Control
Dec 19, 2025 · The name somatostatin, essentially meaning stagnation of a body, was coined when investigators found that an extract of hypothalamic tissues inhibited the release of growth hormone …
Growth Hormone (Somatotropin) - Colorado State University
Somatostatin (SS) is a peptide produced by several tissues in the body, including the hypothalamus. Somatostatin inhibits growth hormone release in response to GHRH and to other stimulatory factors …
Somatostatin: What It Is, Its Functions, and Uses
Aug 5, 2025 · Somatostatin exerts its inhibitory effects across multiple bodily systems. In the brain, hypothalamic somatostatin specifically inhibits the release of growth hormone (GH) and thyroid …
Somatostatin - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
In neuroendocrine regulation, somatostatin inhibits the secretion of growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, insulin, and glucagon through activation of the five G-protein …
Physiology of somatostatin and its analogs - UpToDate
Nov 18, 2025 · Somatostatin holds an interesting place in gastrointestinal endocrinology. Originally discovered as an inhibitor of growth hormone release [1], it is now known to inhibit a variety of …