Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 is a gut hormone that stimulates insulin secretion, gene expression, and Î²-cell growth. Together with the related hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), it is responsible for the incretin effect, the augmentation of insulin secretion after oral as opposed to intravenous administration of glucose.
puncture - the act of puncturing or perforating. activity - any specific behavior; they avoided all recreational activity. centesis - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.
1 a particular and often important moment in time it was at that point that I had to stop and check on the experiment Synonyms juncture Related Words beat, crack, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, nanosecond, second, shake, split second, tick, trice, twinkle, wink; bit, spell, stretch, while; brink, cusp, nick, threshold, verge; ...