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pancreatic A cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000171

A type of enteocrine cell found in the periphery of the islets of Langerhans that secretes glucagon. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0721662544&isbn=1/ GOC:tfm ]

Synonyms: pancreatic alpha cell, alpha cell of islet of Langerhans

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:70585
  • BTO:0000990
  • MESH:D050416
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

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Type A cell of pancreatic islet

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606