"Glucagon-Secreting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of pancreatic cell representing about 5-20% of the islet cells. Alpha cells secrete GLUCAGON.
| Descriptor ID |
D050416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734.414.065 A06.390.087 A06.407.414.043 A11.382.625.064 A11.436.294.064
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucagon-Secreting Cells- Glucagon-Secreting Cells
- Cell, Glucagon-Secreting
- Cells, Glucagon-Secreting
- Glucagon Secreting Cells
- Glucagon-Secreting Cell
- Pancreatic A Cells
- Pancreatic A Cell
- alpha Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic alpha Cell
- alpha Cell, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic alpha Cells
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glucagon-Secreting Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Glucagon blockade restores functional ?-cell mass in type 1 diabetic mice and enhances function of human islets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 03 02; 118(9).
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Paracrine signaling in islet function and survival. J Mol Med (Berl). 2020 04; 98(4):451-467.
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Maternal Western-style diet affects offspring islet composition and function in a non-human primate model of maternal over-nutrition. Mol Metab. 2019 07; 25:73-82.
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Glucagon Receptor Antagonist-Stimulated a-Cell Proliferation Is Severely Restricted With Advanced Age. Diabetes. 2019 05; 68(5):963-974.
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Highly Proliferative a-Cell-Related Islet Endocrine Cells in Human Pancreata. Diabetes. 2018 04; 67(4):674-686.
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? Cells Persist in T1D Pancreata Without Evidence of Ongoing ?-Cell Turnover or Neogenesis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 08 01; 102(8):2647-2659.
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Increased amino acid supply potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion but does not increase ?-cell mass in fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Feb 15; 304(4):E352-62.
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Activin B regulates islet composition and islet mass but not whole body glucose homeostasis or insulin sensitivity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Sep 01; 303(5):E587-96.
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Beta cell regeneration in human pancreas. Semin Immunopathol. 2011 Jan; 33(1):23-7.
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Stem cell approaches for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Transl Res. 2010 Sep; 156(3):169-79.