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
MeSH Number(s)	A03.734.414 A06.407.414
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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Anatomy [A]
Digestive System [A03]
Pancreas [A03.734]
Islets of Langerhans [A03.734.414]
Endocrine System [A06]
Endocrine Glands [A06.407]
Islets of Langerhans [A06.407.414]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	3	0	3
1996	2	1	3
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	2	4
2001	2	1	3
2002	8	4	12
2003	7	5	12
2004	3	8	11
2005	7	6	13
2006	5	3	8
2007	3	3	6
2008	7	1	8
2009	5	2	7
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	1	3
2012	3	3	6
2013	1	2	3
2014	3	2	5
2015	4	3	7
2016	6	0	6
2017	1	4	5
2018	3	2	5
2019	3	2	5
2020	0	6	6
2021	2	2	4
2022	2	0	2
2023	4	0	4
2024	2	2	4
2025	3	1	4

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Nanaware PP, Calvo-Calle JM, Redick SD, Tarpley MW, Cruz J, Clement CC, Manganaro A, Velarde de la Cruz EE, Muneeruddin K, Faulkner M, Wang JP, Shaffer SA, Harlan DM, Santambrogio L, Kent SC, Stern LJ. The antigen presentation landscape of cytokine-stressed human pancreatic islets. Cell Rep. 2025 Aug 26; 44(8):115927.

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Parent AV, Agarwal A, Alvarez-Dominguez JR, Arrojo E Drigo R, Atkinson MA, Brehm MA, Ferreira LMR, Kaestner KH, Kravets V, Niland JC, O'Meally D, Rouse L, Russ HA, Stabler CL, Kaddis JS. Closing the Gap Between Vision and Victory in Type 1 Diabetes: The NIDDK Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) Initiative. Diabetes. 2025 Jul 01; 74(7):1057-1067.

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Guyer P, Seminova K, Lugar M, Manganaro A, Velarde de la Cruz EE, Hartley R, Smithmyer ME, Speake C, Bonifacio E, Kent SC, James EA. T cell and autoantibody recognition of nucleus-associated islet autoantigens in individuals with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2025 Aug; 68(8):1721-1734.

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Arowosegbe A, Guo Z, Vanderleeden E, Derr AG, Wang JP. Janus kinase inhibition prevents autoimmune diabetes in LEW.1WR1 rats. J Autoimmun. 2025 Feb; 151:103358.

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Sundstrom J, Vanderleeden E, Barton NJ, Redick SD, Dawes P, Murray LF, Olson MN, Tran K, Chigas SM, Orszulak AR, Church GM, Readhead B, Oh HS, Harlan DM, Knipe DM, Wang JP, Chan Y, Lim ET. Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection of Human Brain Organoids and Pancreatic Stem Cell-Islets Drives Organoid-Specific Transcripts Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Autoimmune Diseases. Cells. 2024 11 29; 13(23).

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Coate KC, Dai C, Singh A, Stanley J, Covington BA, Bradley A, Oladipupo F, Gong Y, Wisniewski S, Sellick K, Spears E, Poffenberger G, Schornack AMR, Bustabad A, Rodgers T, Dey N, Shultz LD, Greiner DL, Yan H, Powers AC, Chen W, Dean ED. Interruption of glucagon signaling augments islet non-alpha cell proliferation in SLC7A2- and mTOR-dependent manners. Mol Metab. 2024 Dec; 90:102050.

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Amdare NP, Shultz LD, Greiner DL, DiLorenzo TP. Human insulin as both antigen and protector in type 1 diabetes. Eur J Immunol. 2024 Sep; 54(9):e2350949.

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Callebaut A, Guyer P, Derua R, Buitinga M, Manganaro A, Yi X, Sodr? FMC, Vig S, Suleiman M, Marchetti P, Eizirik DL, Kent SC, Mathieu C, James EA, Overbergh L. CD4+ T Cells From Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Respond to a Novel Class of Deamidated Peptides Formed in Pancreatic Islets. Diabetes. 2024 May 01; 73(5):728-742.

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Walker JT, Saunders DC, Rai V, Chen HH, Orchard P, Dai C, Pettway YD, Hopkirk AL, Reihsmann CV, Tao Y, Fan S, Shrestha S, Varshney A, Petty LE, Wright JJ, Ventresca C, Agarwala S, Aramandla R, Poffenberger G, Jenkins R, Mei S, Hart NJ, Phillips S, Kang H, Greiner DL, Shultz LD, Bottino R, Liu J, Below JE, Parker SCJ, Powers AC, Brissova M. Genetic risk converges on regulatory networks mediating early type 2 diabetes. Nature. 2023 12; 624(7992):621-629.

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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 Dec; 78:101809.

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