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Somatostatin-Secreting Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
Tree Number(s)
A03.556.875.875.440.854
A03.734.414.793
A06.300.414.793
A06.390.825
A10.615.550.291.825
A11.382.625.950
A11.436.294.950
Unique ID
D019864
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019864
Annotation
/transpl: if from pancreas, coordinate with ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION
Scope Note
Endocrine cells found throughout the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and in islets of the PANCREAS. D cells secrete SOMATOSTATIN that acts in both an endocrine and paracrine manner. Somatostatin acts on a variety of tissues including the PITUITARY GLAND; gastrointestinal tract; pancreas; and KIDNEY by inhibiting the release of hormones, such as GROWTH HORMONE; GASTRIN; INSULIN; and RENIN.
Entry Term(s)
D Cells
Gastric D Cells
Gastric delta Cells
Pancreatic D Cells
Pancreatic delta Cells
Somatostatin Cells
delta Cells
Previous Indexing
Gastric Mucosa (1976-1997)
Islets of Langerhans (1966-1997)
Pancreas/cytology (1968-1989)
Public MeSH Note
2006, see D CELLS 1998-2005; for PANCREATIC DELTA CELLS see ISLETS OF LANGERHANS 1991-1997
History Note
2006 (1998); for PANCREATIC DELTA CELLS use ISLETS OF LANGERHANS 1991-1997
Date Established
1998/01/01
Date of Entry
1997/06/20
Revision Date
2018/07/01
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