Over 500 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes—a disease that contributes to major complications such as stroke, ...

Over 500 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes-a disease that contributes to major complications such as stroke, ...

Model more closely replicates natural environment of the pancreas, which will be essential for studying diabetes and ...

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 ...

In an effort to reduce the ratio of presumably noncontributing acinar tissue to islet tissue specimens were obtained that demonstrated atrophy of the pancreatic acini in dogs two months after ...

the acini and ducts of the exocrine pancreas and the endocrine islets of Langerhans. Acinar cells release enzymes that help break down food, while ductal cells form channels to carry the enzymes ...

Islet-cell carcinomas of the alpha-cell type ... carbohydrate metabolism associated with adenocarcinoma of the acinar pancreas and other advanced neoplastic disease. However, a lack of or ...

The functions of acinar and beta-cells are very distinct ... is that our cells actually infiltrated pre-existing pancreatic islets, where beta cells normally reside," said Esni.

Cancer of the acinar cells The acinar cells are at the ends ... are made and released into the bloodstream. They are also called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PNETS) or islet cell tumours. These ...

The acini produce digestive enzymes. Scattered throughout the pancreas are endocrine cells, known as pancreatic islets; these are also called islets of Langerhans. There are thought to be around 1-2 ...

When this occurs, it is called acinar cell carcinoma ... Also known as endocrine or islet cell tumors, neuroendocrine cancers are rare, making up less than 5 percent of all pancreatic cancer cases.