Insulin-producing acinar cells in adult human pancreas

Pancreas

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 592-596

  Yu, Lan ^a   Luo, Jiang Xi ^a   Wei, Jia Li ^a   Mu, Xue Jing ^a   Ren, Xin Xin ^a   Yang, Zhan ^a   Peng, Yun Tao ^a   Zhao, Hai Lu ^a  

^a GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acinus; Human; Insulin; Islet of langerhans; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ACINAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AUTOPSY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AMYLASES; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS, EXOCRINE;

EID: 84898461393     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: 15364828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000079     Document Type: Article

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