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==Pancreas Islet Insulin== | ==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. | * 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. | ||
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* 5% delta-cells which secrete somatostatin, a locally acting hormone which inhibits other endocrine cells. | * 5% delta-cells which secrete somatostatin, a locally acting hormone which inhibits other endocrine cells. | ||
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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.
- Pancreas Histology Links: overview (label) | exocrine (label) | endocrine (label) | blood vessels (label) | insulin (label) | overview | exocrine | endocrine | blood vessels | insulin | Islet labeled for insulin and Glucagon | Insulin (Fl) | Glucagon (Fl) | GIT Histology
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