| Range |
~1,000,000 pancreatic islets/pancreas
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Rorsman P, Braun M. Regulation of insulin secretion in human pancreatic islets. Annu Rev Physiol. 2013 75 :155-79. doi: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-030212-183754. p.156 3rd paragraphPubMed ID22974438
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| Primary Source |
Hellman B. The frequency distribution of the number and volume of the islets Langerhans in man. I. Studies on non-diabetic adults. Acta Soc Med Ups. 1959 64: 432-60.PubMed ID14400890
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| Comments |
"A human pancreas contains ~1million pancreatic islets (primary source)." See BNID 109961, 113104 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109966 |