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Proportions of the different endocrine cell types in Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas

Range	β cells 70%: α cells 25%: δ cells 5% %
Organism	vertebrates
Reference	Leslie, Robbins (eds.) 1995 Diabetes: clinical science in practice, Howell, Regulation of insulin synthesis, p.1 left column top paragraph
Comments	"The relative proportions of the different endocrine cell types may vary in different anatomical areas of pancreas, but on average there are 70% ß-cells, 25% a-cells and 5% d-cells." See BNID 103641, 109967
Entered by	Uri M
ID	109960