 Islets of Langerhans
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Irregular microscopic structures consisting of cords of endocrine cells that are scattered throughout the PANCREAS among the exocrine acini. Each islet is surrounded by connective tissue fibers and penetrated by a network of capillaries. There are four major cell types. The most abundant beta cells (50-80%) secrete INSULIN. Alpha cells (5-20%) secrete GLUCAGON. PP cells (10-35%) secrete PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE. Delta cells (~5%) secrete SOMATOSTATIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D007515
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734.414 A06.407.414
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| Concept/Terms |
Islets of Langerhans- Islets of Langerhans
- Langerhans Islets
- Pancreatic Islets
- Islet, Pancreatic
- Islets, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic Islet
- Nesidioblasts
- Nesidioblast
- Pancreas, Endocrine
- Endocrine Pancreas
- Islands of Langerhans
- Langerhans Islands
- Islet Cells
- Cell, Islet
- Cells, Islet
- Islet Cell
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Islets of Langerhans" by people in Profiles.
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Sokolova M, Sahraoui A, Høyem M, Øgaard J, Lien E, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Ranheim T, Scholz H. NLRP3 inflammasome mediates oxidative stress-induced pancreatic islet dysfunction. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2018 11 01; 315(5):E912-E923.
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Kent SC, Mannering SI, Michels AW, Babon JAB. Deciphering the Pathogenesis of Human Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) by Interrogating T Cells from the "Scene of the Crime". Curr Diab Rep. 2017 Sep 02; 17(10):95.
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Lim PW, Dinh KH, Sullivan M, Wassef WY, Zivny J, Whalen GF, LaFemina J. Thirty-day outcomes underestimate endocrine and exocrine insufficiency after pancreatic resection. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Apr; 18(4):360-6.
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Brown ML, Andrzejewski D, Burnside A, Schneyer AL. Activin Enhances a- to ß-Cell Transdifferentiation as a Source For ß-Cells In Male FSTL3 Knockout Mice. Endocrinology. 2016 Mar; 157(3):1043-54.
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Ghanem SS, Heinrich G, Lester SG, Pfeiffer V, Bhattacharya S, Patel PR, DeAngelis AM, Dai T, Ramakrishnan SK, Smiley ZN, Jung DY, Lee Y, Kitamura T, Ergun S, Kulkarni RN, Kim JK, Giovannucci DR, Najjar SM. Increased Glucose-induced Secretion of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 in Mice Lacking the Carcinoembryonic Antigen-related Cell Adhesion Molecule 2 (CEACAM2). J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 08; 291(2):980-8.
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Conrad E, Dai C, Spaeth J, Guo M, Cyphert HA, Scoville D, Carroll J, Yu WM, Goodrich LV, Harlan DM, Grove KL, Roberts CT, Powers AC, Gu G, Stein R. The MAFB transcription factor impacts islet a-cell function in rodents and represents a unique signature of primate islet ß-cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jan 01; 310(1):E91-E102.
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Andrzejewski D, Brown ML, Ungerleider N, Burnside A, Schneyer AL. Activins A and B Regulate Fate-Determining Gene Expression in Islet Cell Lines and Islet Cells From Male Mice. Endocrinology. 2015 Jul; 156(7):2440-50.
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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.
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Nostro MC, Sarangi F, Yang C, Holland A, Elefanty AG, Stanley EG, Greiner DL, Keller G. Efficient generation of NKX6-1+ pancreatic progenitors from multiple human pluripotent stem cell lines. Stem Cell Reports. 2015 Apr 14; 4(4):591-604.
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Harlan DM. Editorial: diabetes and the endocrine pancreas I. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2015 Apr; 22(2):75-6.
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