The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and functional features of a pancreatic polypeptide-producing cell. A pancreatic polypeptide-producing cell is a cell in the pancreas that produces pancreatic polypeptide. [ GOC:dph http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11076772 ]
Synonyms: pancreatic polypeptide-producing cell differentiation
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- cell differentiation
- enteroendocrine cell differentiation
- part of some endocrine pancreas development
- results in acquisition of features of some pancreatic PP cell