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. 2021 Jul 21;162(10):bqab148. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab148

Table 3.

Single-cell human islet transcriptomic analysis showing gene expression profiles of GHSR, PPY, SST, and GHRL in 14 different identified cell clusters

Cluster ID No. and (%) of total cells No. and (%) of cells within each cluster expressing the following transcripts:
PPY SST GHSR PPY + GHSR SST + GHSR PPY + SST + GHSR PPY + SST GHRL GHRL + GHSR
Alpha 1 3472 (24.8) 1509 (43.5) 2704 (77.9) 6 (0.2) 5 (0.1) 5 (0.1) 4 (0.1) 1314 (37.9) 139 (4.0) 2 (0.06)
Alpha 2 878 (6.3) 250 (28.5) 536 (61.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 197 (22.4) 19 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
Beta 1 3197 (22.8) 1139 (35.6) 2602 (81.4) 45 (1.4) 24 (0.8) 33 (1.0) 18 (0.6) 1069 (33.4) 98 (3.1) 1 (0.0)
Beta 2 301 (2.2) 109 (36.2) 251 (83.4) 3 (1.0) 1 (0.3) 3 (1.0) 1 (0.3) 107 (35.6) 8 (2.7) 0 (0.0)
Delta 954 (6.8) 386 (40.5) 944 (99.0) 211 (22.1) 126 (13.2) 211 (22.1) 126 (13.2) 385 (40.4) 28 (2.9) 6 (0.6)
Gamma 607 (4.3) 604 (99.5) 515 (84.8) 3 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 3 (0.5) 513 (84.5) 42 (6.9) 0 (0.0)
Epsilon 29 (0.2) 18 (62.1) 24 (82.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 16 (55.2) 29 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Acinar 1696 (12.1) 479 (28.2) 1071 (63.2) 5 (0.3) 4 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 403 (23.8) 37 (2.2) 1 (0.06)
Ductal 1 1524 (10.9) 489 (32.1) 1127 (74.0) 1 (0.07) 1 (0.07) 1 (0.07) 1 (0.07) 420 (27.6) 28 (1.8) 0 (0.0)
Ductal 2 155 (1.1) 56 (36.1) 120 (77.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 47 (30.2) 3 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
Endothelial 337 (2.4) 84 (24.9) 262 (77.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 78 (23.2) 12 (3.6) 0 (0.0)
Macrophage 90 (0.6) 30 (33.3) 76 (84.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 30 (33.3) 3 (3.3) 0 (0.0)
Mast 45 (0.3) 18 (40.0) 37 (82.2) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 15 (33.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Stellate 726 (5.2) 209 (28.8) 550 (75.8) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 195 (26.9) 16 (2.2) 0 (0.0)

Abbreviations: ID, identification; PPY, pancreatic polypeptide; SST, somatostatin.