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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);

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