APUD

See also: apud and ápud

English

Etymology

Acronym of amine precursor uptake (and) decarboxylation.

Noun

APUD (plural APUDs)

1. (usually attributive, endocrinology, of cells) That secrete low molecular weight polypeptide hormones, such as gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and motilin.
   • 1981, F. T. Bosman, J. W. Louwerens, “APUD cells in teratomas.”, in The American journal of pathology, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6114639 ���PMID]:

     More recently it has been proposed that the APUD cell types of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts originate from neuroendocrine-programmed ectoblast.

See also

• DNES

References

• APUD on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• APDU