Quantitative analysis of pancreatic polypeptide cell distribution in the human pancreas.

The pancreatic islet is mainly composed of beta-, alpha- and delta-cells with small numbers of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) and epsilon cells. It is known that there is a region in the head of the pancreas that is rich in PP-cells. In the present study, we examined the distribution of PP-cells, and a...

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Main Authors: Xiaojun Wang, Mark C Zielinski, Ryosuke Misawa, Patrick Wen, Tian-Yuan Wang, Cheng-Zhang Wang, Piotr Witkowski, Manami Hara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561199?pdf=render