 Pancreas
"Pancreas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nodular organ in the ABDOMEN that contains a mixture of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and EXOCRINE GLANDS. The small endocrine portion consists of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS secreting a number of hormones into the blood stream. The large exocrine portion (EXOCRINE PANCREAS) is a compound acinar gland that secretes several digestive enzymes into the pancreatic ductal system that empties into the DUODENUM.
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D010179
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A03.734
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pancreas" by people in Profiles.
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Delitto D, Black BS, Sorenson HL, Knowlton AE, Thomas RM, Sarosi GA, Moldawer LL, Behrns KE, Liu C, George TJ, Trevino JG, Wallet SM, Hughes SJ. The inflammatory milieu within the pancreatic cancer microenvironment correlates with clinicopathologic parameters, chemoresistance and survival. BMC Cancer. 2015 Oct 24; 15:783.
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Gao X, Cao Y, Staloch DA, Gonzales MA, Aronson JF, Chao C, Hellmich MR, Ko TC. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling protects against cerulein-induced pancreatic fibrosis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e89114.
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Yao LJ, McCormick JA, Wang J, Yang KY, Kidwai A, Colussi GL, Boini KM, Birnbaum MJ, Lang F, German MS, Pearce D. Novel role for SGK3 in glucose homeostasis revealed in SGK3/Akt2 double-null mice. Mol Endocrinol. 2011 Dec; 25(12):2106-18.
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Waid DM, Vaitaitis GM, Wagner DH. Peripheral CD4loCD40+ auto-aggressive T cell expansion during insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Eur J Immunol. 2004 May; 34(5):1488-97.
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Maloney KM, Grandbois M, Grainger DW, Salesse C, Lewis KA, Roberts MF. Phospholipase A2 domain formation in hydrolyzed asymmetric phospholipid monolayers at the air/water interface. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 May 04; 1235(2):395-405.
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Pribula CD, Fox GE, Woese CR. Nucleotide sequence of Bacillus megaterium 5 S RNA. FEBS Lett. 1974 Aug 30; 44(3):322-3.
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