Association of fatty pancreas with pancreatic endocrine and exocrine function

Pancreas: An Endocrine and Exocrine Organ

Pancreas: An Endocrine and Exocrine Organ

Interaction between the Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas

Pancreatic duct cells express Na-dependent glucose transporter, SGLT1 and Na-independent glucose transporters, GLUT1, GLUT2, and GLUT8. We examined transepithelial glucose transport by pancreatic duct. Interlobular ducts were isolated from rat pancreas. During overnight culture both ends of the duct segments sealed spontaneously. The lumen of the sealed duct was micropunctured and the luminal f...

Pancreas: An Endocrine and Exocrine Organ

Mixed exocrine-endocrine tumors of the pancreas.

Neoplasms of the pancreas usually show either ductal, acinar, or endocrine differentiation. Mixed exocrine-endocrine pancreatic neoplasms, in which the endocrine component is significant and comprises one-third to one-half of the tumor tissue, are rare. Truly mixed tumors have to be distinguished from exocrine neoplasms with scattered endocrine cells. In ductal adenocarcinomas, the scattered en...