True. Somatostatin, also known as Growth Hormone Release-Inhibiting Hormone (GHRIH), is a peptide hormone produced by the hypothalamus and by delta cells in the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract. As its name implies, its primary hypothalamic function is to inhibit the secretion of Growth Hormone (GH) from the anterior pituitary. However, it also has a broader inhibitory role: it suppresses the release of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) from the pituitary. Furthermore, in the pancreas, somatostatin inhibits the secretion of both insulin and glucagon, and in the gut, it inhibits the secretion of gastrin, secretin, and other gastrointestinal hormones. This makes somatostatin a widespread inhibitory regulator, acting as a physiological brake on multiple endocrine and exocrine processes. Synthetic analogues like octreotide are used to treat conditions of hormone excess, such as acromegaly and certain neuroendocrine tumors.

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