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MeSH Heading: Pancreatic Stellate Cells
Tree Number(s): A11.700
Unique ID: D058954
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058954
Scope Note: Star-shaped, myofibroblast-like cells located in the periacinar, perivascular, and periductal regions of the EXOCRINE PANCREAS. They play a key role in the pathobiology of FIBROSIS; PANCREATITIS; and PANCREATIC CANCER.
Previous Indexing: Pancreas/cytology (1998-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Pancreatic Stellate Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2023