Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
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Endocrine cells found throughout the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and in islets of the PANCREAS. D cells secrete SOMATOSTATIN that acts in both an endocrine and paracrine manner. Somatostatin acts on a variety of tissues including the PITUITARY GLAND; gastrointestinal tract; pancreas; and KIDNEY by inhibiting the release of hormones, such as GROWTH HORMONE; GASTRIN; INSULIN; and RENIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D019864
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.440.854 A03.734.414.793 A06.390.825 A06.407.414.793 A10.615.550.291.825 A11.382.625.950 A11.436.294.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Somatostatin-Secreting Cells- Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
- Somatostatin Secreting Cells
- Somatostatin-Secreting Cell
- delta Cells
- delta Cell
- D Cells
- D Cell
- Somatostatin Cells
- Somatostatin Cell
Gastric delta Cells- Gastric delta Cells
- Gastric delta Cell
- delta Cell, Gastric
- delta Cells, Gastric
- Gastric D Cells
- D Cell, Gastric
- D Cells, Gastric
- Gastric D Cell
Pancreatic delta Cells- Pancreatic delta Cells
- Pancreatic delta Cell
- delta Cell, Pancreatic
- delta Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic D Cells
- D Cells, Pancreatic
- Pancreatic D Cell
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