Abstract
The hypothalamic polypeptide growth-hormone release-inhibiting hormone (G.H.-R.I.H.) inhibited gastrin release in all subjects studied. In normal subjects and in patients with acromegaly during a standard food stimulus a G.H.- R.I.H. infusion completely suppressed gastrin release, and immediately after the infusion was stopped gastrin levels rose sharply to exceed control values. Two patients with pernicious anæmia demonstrated a rapid fall in plasma-gastrin during G.H.-R.I.H. infusion, and in a patient with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome a 20-minute G.H.-R.I.H. infusion greatly lowered plasma-gastrin concentrations and almost totally suppressed gastric-acid production.