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Pancreas Islet Insulin

Rat pancreas - endocrines, endocrine pancreas, island of Langerhans, stained for insulin, counter-stained with toluidine blue

• 75% beta-cells which secrete insulin. Insulin stimulates the synthesis of glycogen, protein and fatty acids. It also facilitates the uptake of glucose into cells and activates glucokinase in liver cells. Beta-cells are fairly easy to recognize in EM pictures because the contents of their secretory vesicles typically form one or two crystals.
• 20% alpha-cells which secrete glucagon. The effects of glucagon are generally opposite to those of insulin. The contents of the secretory vesicles of alpha-cells are fairly electron dense, and they are typically smaller than those of delta-cells (average of about 300 nm).
• 5% delta-cells which secrete somatostatin, a locally acting hormone which inhibits other endocrine cells.

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