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In [[medicine]], '''insulin | In [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], '''insulin-secreting cells''', also called '''pancreatic beta cells''', are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete [[insulin]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:35, 6 March 2009
In medicine and physiology, insulin-secreting cells, also called pancreatic beta cells, are a "type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete insulin."[1]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Insulin-secreting cell (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.