Pancreas

"Pancreas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A nodular organ in the ABDOMEN that contains a mixture of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and EXOCRINE GLANDS. The small endocrine portion consists of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS secreting a number of hormones into the blood stream. The large exocrine portion (EXOCRINE PANCREAS) is a compound acinar gland that secretes several digestive enzymes into the pancreatic ductal system that empties into the DUODENUM.

Descriptor ID	D010179
MeSH Number(s)	A03.734
Concept/Terms	Pancreas Pancreas

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Anatomy [A]
Digestive System [A03]
Pancreas [A03.734]

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Bar chart showing 115 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2005 and 2012 and 2014 and 2019 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	2	3
1997	1	3	4
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	4	4
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	1	3	4
2004	2	0	2
2005	2	5	7
2006	1	2	3
2007	1	3	4
2008	2	1	3
2009	2	3	5
2010	3	1	4
2011	4	2	6
2012	5	2	7
2013	0	2	2
2014	5	2	7
2015	3	0	3
2016	0	3	3
2017	3	2	5
2018	3	3	6
2019	3	4	7
2020	2	4	6
2021	2	5	7
2023	1	2	3
2024	2	2	4
2025	2	0	2

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Thomas P, Missikpode C, Martinez OG, Verma A, Zhao R, Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, van Raalte DH, Bjornstad P, Layden BT, Lash JP, Waikar SS, Srivastava A. Association of Pancreas Volume With Adverse Clinical Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Nov 04; 14(21):e042348.

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Wang Y, Cheng J, McClements DJ, Chen J, Ma D. A novel synergistic inhibition mechanism of pancreatic lipase by 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and stearic acid migrants from dairy contact rubbers. Food Chem. 2025 Jul 01; 479:143816.

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Guan W, Cheng J, McClements DJ, Tu Z, Chen J, Ma D. Impact of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol on pancreatic lipase activity in emulsions: Multispectral, molecular docking, and in vitro digestion analysis. Food Chem. 2025 Apr 01; 470:142730.

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Valdecantos MP, Ruiz L, Folgueira C, Rada P, Gomez-Santos B, Solas M, Hitos AB, Field J, Francisco V, Escalona-Garrido C, Zagmutt S, Calderon-Dominguez M, Mera P, Garcia-Martinez I, Maym?-Masip E, Grajales D, Alen R, Mora A, S?inz N, Vides-Urrestarazu I, Vilarrasa N, Arbones-Mainar JM, Zaragoza C, Moreno-Aliaga MJ, Aspichueta P, Fern?ndez-Veledo S, Vendrell J, Serra D, Herrero L, Schreiber R, Zechner R, Sabio G, Hornigold D, Rondinone CM, Jermutus L, Grimsby J, Valverde ?M. The dual GLP-1/glucagon receptor agonist G49 mimics bariatric surgery effects by inducing metabolic rewiring and inter-organ crosstalk. Nat Commun. 2024 11 28; 15(1):10342.

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Kahraman S, De Jesus DF, Wei J, Brown NK, Zou Z, Hu J, Pirouz M, Gregory RI, He C, Kulkarni RN. m6A mRNA methylation by METTL14 regulates early pancreatic cell differentiation. EMBO J. 2024 Nov; 43(22):5445-5468.

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Li AL, Sugiura K, Nishiwaki N, Suzuki K, Sadeghian D, Zhao J, Maitra A, Falvo D, Chandwani R, Pitarresi JR, Sims PA, Rustgi AK. FRA1 controls acinar cell plasticity during murine KrasG12D-induced pancreatic acinar to ductal metaplasia. Dev Cell. 2024 11 18; 59(22):3025-3042.e7.

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Bhalerao N, Chakraborty A, Marciel MP, Hwang J, Britain CM, Silva AD, Eltoum IE, Jones RB, Alexander KL, Smythies LE, Smith PD, Crossman DK, Crowley MR, Shin B, Harrington LE, Yan Z, Bethea MM, Hunter CS, Klug CA, Buchsbaum DJ, Bellis SL. ST6GAL1 sialyltransferase promotes acinar to ductal metaplasia and pancreatic cancer progression. JCI Insight. 2023 10 09; 8(19).

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Ramzan F, Sequeira-Bisson IR, Lu LW, Mitchell CJ, D'Souza RF, Vickers MH, Poppitt SD, Cameron-Smith D. Circulatory miRNAs as Correlates of Elevated Intra-Pancreatic Fat Deposition in a Mixed Ethnic Female Cohort: The TOFI_Asia Study. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 21; 24(18).

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James EA, Joglekar AV, Linnemann AK, Russ HA, Kent SC. The beta cell-immune cell interface in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Mol Metab. 2023 12; 78:101809.

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Brigode W, Roberts D, Capron G, Starr F, Bokhari F. Validating the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Pancreas Injury Grade Using Trauma Quality Improvement Program Data. Am Surg. 2023 Aug; 89(8):3375-3378.

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