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Insulin-Secreting Cells

"Insulin-Secreting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A type of pancreatic cell representing about 50-80% of the islet cells. Beta cells secrete INSULIN.


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Bar chart showing 272 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2009 and 2012
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