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Title: Short Introduction To The Pancreatic Endocrinology
Description: My note is a short introduction to pancreas, its endocrine contents, functions of those endocrine cells and their vasculature.
Description: My note is a short introduction to pancreas, its endocrine contents, functions of those endocrine cells and their vasculature.
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Islets of Langerhans
Pancreas is a mixed gland
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Exocrine part consists
of acinar cells
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More than 1 million islets of Langerhans are present in the pancreas
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All types of cells secrete peptide hormones
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Secrete insulin,
C-peptide, little amylin and little proinsulin (insulin and C-peptide are always secreted in the
same amount, that is, equimolar ratio)
Amylin is a protein secreted abnormally in type 2 diabetes patients as a part of amyloid
deposits
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F/pp Cells
Also present diffusely in the islets, they comprise about 5% of total islet cells, secrete
pancreatic polypeptide
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Thereafter, blood drains into venules from the
fenestrated capillaries
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Title: Short Introduction To The Pancreatic Endocrinology
Description: My note is a short introduction to pancreas, its endocrine contents, functions of those endocrine cells and their vasculature.
Description: My note is a short introduction to pancreas, its endocrine contents, functions of those endocrine cells and their vasculature.