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Secretin and CCK-PZ, hormones which are inhibitors of pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion in the dog and the rat, did not block the activation by pentagastrin of Hd decarboxylase in the gastric mucosa of the rat. This supports the concept that pentagastrin acts: (1) directly to activate Hd decarboxylase, and (2) to stimulate acid secretion, and that (1) is not and (2) is inhibited by secretion and CCK-PZ.
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