Additionally, when functional pancreatic cells die, particularly acinar cells ... whereas its accumulation in the islets of Langerhans, which produce insulin and glucagon, is associated with ...

Scientists have known that, when the pancreas becomes inflamed, acinar cells, which produce digestive enzymes, begin to transform into ductal cells, which transport digestive juices in the pancreas.

In this type of diabetes, the immune system specifically destroys insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreatic islets — the body's own immune system attacks its own cells (a form of autoimmune ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between ...

Within the pancreas, islet cells secrete insulin to lower blood sugar. However, producing these cells for therapeutic use has proven extremely challenging. While stem cells offer a promising route ...