Pancreatic Stellate Cells : A Starring Role in Normal and Diseased Pancreas

Pancreatic Stellate Cells : A Starring Role in Normal and Diseased Pancreas

While the morphology and function of cells of the exocrine and endocrine pancreas have been studied over several centuries, one important cell type in the gland, the pancreatic stellate cell (PSC), had remained undiscovered until as recently as twenty years ago. Even after its first description in 1...

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Main Authors: Minoti eApte, Romano ePirola, Jeremy eWilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
stellate cells
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic fibrosis
chronic pancreatic
desmoplastic reaction
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00344/full

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