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. 2017 Feb 14;23(6):957–963. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i6.957

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Early events in acute pancreatitis. Bile acids, ethanol, fatty acids or their non-oxidative metabolites, fatty acid ethyl esthers, induce calcium overload, causing mitochondrial damage and a resultant decrease in intracellular ATP concentration both in acinar and ductal cells. This will lead to general energy depletion in the pancreas.