Endocrine Abstracts

BACKGROUND: The reason for reduction in appetite following gastro intestinal bypass procedures in man and in animal models remains unclear. Rats following jejunum intestinal bypass eat significantly less compared to sham operated rats and this seem due to a transferable factor in plasma. Such a humoral factor may be a therapeutic option for obesity. PYY, produced from the distal small bowel and colon is elevated in man and rodents following small bowel resection and ilial bypa...