Motilin is a 22-amino acid polypeptide hormone in the motilin family that in humans is encoded by the MLN gene.Motilin is secreted by endocrine M cells (these are not the same M cells that are in Peyer’s patches) that are numerous in crypts of the small intestine especially in the duodenum and jejunum.
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