What is Vasoactive intestinal peptide?
'''Vasoactive intestinal peptide''' ('''VIP''', also '''polypeptide''') is a kind of [[hormone]] that has 28 [[amino acid]] [[residues]] in it and is made in many areas of the human body including the [[gut]], [[pancreas]], and [[Suprachiasmatic nucleus|suprachiasmatic nuclei]] (which is a small part of the [[brain]]'s midline) of the [[hypothalamus]] in the brain. In humans, the vasoactive intestinal peptide is encoded, or transforming information from one format into another, by the VIP gene. VIP has a [[Half-life (element)|half-life]] in the blood of about two minutes. VIP is made more than it should in a [[VIPoma]]. ==Related pages== *[[Peptide hormone]] {{Hormones}} [[Category:Hormones]] [[Category:Peptides]] Increase intestinal secretion, relaxes sphincters and smooth muscles. Released from nerve cells in mucosa and smooth muscle. {{Biology-stub}}