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islet of Langerhans

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islet of Langerhans [′ī·lət əv ′läŋ·gər‚hänz]
(histology)
A mass of cell cords in the pancreas that is of an endocrine nature, secreting insulin and a minor hormone like lipocaic. Also known as island of Langerhans; islet of the pancreas.


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Although the pancreas might seem an unlikely estrogen target, it bears classical and nonclassical receptors on both [alpha]- and [beta]-cells in the islet of Langerhans.
i] oscillations in mouse pancreatic islet of Langerhans recorded in vivo.
 
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