"Glucagon-Secreting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of pancreatic cell representing about 5-20% of the islet cells. Alpha cells secrete GLUCAGON.
| Descriptor ID |
D050416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734.414.065 A06.390.087 A06.407.414.043 A11.382.625.064 A11.436.294.064
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucagon-Secreting Cells- Glucagon-Secreting Cells
- Cell, Glucagon-Secreting
- Cells, Glucagon-Secreting
- Glucagon Secreting Cells
- Glucagon-Secreting Cell
- Pancreatic A Cells
- Pancreatic A Cell
- alpha Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic alpha Cell
- alpha Cell, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic alpha Cells
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucagon-Secreting Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Robbins J, Halegoua-DeMarzio D, Basu Mallick A, Vijayvergia N, Ganetzky R, Lavu H, Giri VN, Miller J, Maley W, Shah AP, DiMeglio M, Ambelil M, Yu R, Sato T, Lefler DS. Liver Transplantation in a Woman with Mahvash Disease. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 23; 389(21):1972-1978.
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Gadhia MM, Maliszewski AM, O'Meara MC, Thorn SR, Lavezzi JR, Limesand SW, Hay WW, Brown LD, Rozance PJ. Increased amino acid supply potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion but does not increase ?-cell mass in fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Feb 15; 304(4):E352-62.