Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
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Endocrine cells found throughout the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and in islets of the PANCREAS. D cells secrete SOMATOSTATIN that acts in both an endocrine and paracrine manner. Somatostatin acts on a variety of tissues including the PITUITARY GLAND; gastrointestinal tract; pancreas; and KIDNEY by inhibiting the release of hormones, such as GROWTH HORMONE; GASTRIN; INSULIN; and RENIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D019864
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.440.854 A03.734.414.793 A06.390.825 A06.407.414.793 A10.615.550.291.825 A11.382.625.950 A11.436.294.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Somatostatin-Secreting Cells- Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
- Somatostatin Secreting Cells
- Somatostatin-Secreting Cell
- delta Cells
- delta Cell
- D Cells
- D Cell
- Somatostatin Cells
- Somatostatin Cell
Gastric delta Cells- Gastric delta Cells
- Gastric delta Cell
- delta Cell, Gastric
- delta Cells, Gastric
- Gastric D Cells
- D Cell, Gastric
- D Cells, Gastric
- Gastric D Cell
Pancreatic delta Cells- Pancreatic delta Cells
- Pancreatic delta Cell
- delta Cell, Pancreatic
- delta Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic D Cells
- D Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic D Cell
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Blodgett DM, Nowosielska A, Afik S, Pechhold S, Cura AJ, Kennedy NJ, Kim S, Kucukural A, Davis RJ, Kent SC, Greiner DL, Garber MG, Harlan DM, diIorio P. Novel Observations From Next-Generation RNA Sequencing of Highly Purified Human Adult and Fetal Islet Cell Subsets. Diabetes. 2015 Sep; 64(9):3172-81.