islet of Langerhans

Preferred Label : islet of Langerhans;

Uberon definition : the clusters of hormone-producing cells that are scattered throughout the pancreas;

Uberon synonym : pancreatic insula; pancreatic islet;

Uberon related term : islets of Langerhans; island of pancreas; island of Langerhans;

Uberon Homology note : Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have a pancreas with similar histology and mode of development, while in some fish, the islet cells are segregated as Brockmann bodies.[well established][VHOG];

Uberon Taxon note : A primitive exocrine pancreas can be found in holocephalan cartilaginous fish; a pancreatic duct directly ending in the gut lumen is connected to a glandular structure made of exocrine cells and associated with cell islets, which comprises three different hormone-producing cell types: insulin, somatostatin and glucagon (Yui and Fujita, 1986);

Details

Origin ID

0000006;

UMLS CUI

C0022131;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Endocrine pancreatic structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Islet of Langerhans [NCIt concept]
- Islets of Langerhans [ICD-O code]
- Pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
- Pancreatic islets [ICD-11 Extension code]
- islets of langerhans [MeSH Descriptor]
- islets of langerhans [MeSH concept]
- pancreatic islet [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Endocrine Pancreas [NCIt concept]
- Endocrine pancreas [FMA entity]
- Endocrine pancreatic structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Islet cell [FMA entity]
- Islet of Langerhans [NCIt concept]
- Pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
- Set of pancreatic islets [FMA entity]
- endocrine pancreas [SNOMED Notion]
- islets of langerhans [MeSH concept]
- islets of langerhans [MeSH Descriptor]
- pancreatic islet [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Islet of Langerhans [NCIt concept]
- Pancreatic islet [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- endocrine pancreas [UBERON concept]
part of
- endocrine pancreas [UBERON concept]

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