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Studies by Greenwood-Van Meerveld and colleagues using rodent POI models demonstrated that ipamorelin produced dose-dependent improvements in gastric emptying and reversal of POI-induced delayed gastrointestinal transit, with effects mediated through GHS-R1a expressed in gastrointestinal smooth muscle and enteric nervous system tissue

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