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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Physiol. 2019 Nov 5;14:13–20. doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.10.019

Figure 1. Overview of pancreatic cell types.

Figure 1.

The pancreas is composed of acinar, ductal and endocrine cells. The endocrine cells represent 1–5% of the total pancreas area and form clusters of hormone-producing cells known as islets, which are composed of α, β, δ and PP cells. Loss of functional β cell mass leads to diabetes.