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Immunoreactive somatostatin is present in discrete cells of the endocrine pancreas.

Author(s) -

M.P. Dubois

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.72.4.1340

Subject(s) - somatostatin , glucagon , pancreas , endocrine system , enteroendocrine cell , endocrinology , medicine , population , insulin , somatostatin receptor 3 , immunofluorescence , biology , hormone , somatostatin receptor 2 , antibody , somatostatin receptor , immunology , environmental health

A discrete population of cells of the endocrine pancreas contains immunoreactive somatostatin as shown by immunofluorescence. These cells are different from those containing glucagon or insulin. This unexpected observation may be of physiopathological significance in the regulatory mechanisms involved in the secretion of glucagon and insulin.

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