Next Generation Biobanking Ontology

Last uploaded: September 4, 2024
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000016
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000016
Preferred Name

endocrine pancreas

Definitions
The endocrine pancreas is made up of islet cells that produce insulin, glucagon and somatostatin[GO]. An Islet cell is a pancreatic cell that produces and secretes hormones such as insulin and glucagon. A pancreatic cell that produces and secretes hormones such as insulin and glucagon. Editor notes - endocrine and exocrine pancrease are not co-associated in hagfishes or lampreys [PMID:20959416] - create a separate class for these?
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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