pancreatic epsilon cell differentiation
The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and functional features of a pancreatic epsilon cell. A pancreatic epsilon cell is a cell in the pancreas that secretes ghrelin. [ GOC:dph GOC:tb ]
Synonyms: pancreatic E cell differentiation
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- enteroendocrine cell differentiation
- part of some endocrine pancreas development
- results in acquisition of features of some pancreatic epsilon cell