A cell that secretes insulin and is located towards the center of the islets of Langerhans. [ GOC:tfm https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0517223651 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_b_cell ]
Synonyms: pancreatic B-cell insulin-secreting cell pancreatic beta cell B-cell of pancreatic islet type B enteroendocrine cell pancreatic B cell pancreatic islet core beta cell of pancreatic islet
Term information
- ncithesaurus:Beta_Cell
- MA:0002419
- BTO:0000783
- EV:0200009
- FMA:70586
human_reference_atlas
Pancreatic beta cells are also reportedly CD284-positive. Upon activation, they upregulate their CD14 expression.
Term relations
- enteroendocrine cell and part of some islet of Langerhans and capable of some insulin secretion
- epithelial cell of pancreas
- pancreatic endocrine cell
- insulin secreting cell
- enteroendocrine cell
- develops from some progenitor cell of endocrine pancreas
- part of some islet of Langerhans