| Term: | posterior pancreatic bud D cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | posterior pancreatic bud |
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| Synonyms: | caudal anlage, dorsal pancreatic anlage, dorsal posterior bud |
| Definition: | Pancreatic bud that forms dorsal and adjacent to the developing intestine. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001370] |
| Name: | D cell |
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| Synonyms: | D cells |
| Definition: | A cell found throughout the gastrointestinal tract and in the pancreas. They secrete somatostatin in both an endocrine and paracrine manner. Somatostatin inhibits gastrin, cholecystokinin, insulin, glucagon, pancreatic enzymes, and gastric hydrochloric acid. A variety of substances which inhibit gastric acid secretion (vasoactive intestinal peptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide, cholecystokinin, beta-adrenergic agonists, and gastric inhibitory peptide) are thought to act by releasing somatostatin. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009228] |