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Alpha cell

Alpha cells (α-cells) are endocrine cells that are found in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Alpha cells secrete the peptide hormone glucagon in order to increase glucose levels in the blood stream.

Regulation of glucagon secretion, Function & In other species

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Location
Pancreatic islet
FMA
70585
Function
Glucagon secretion
System
Endocrine
TH
H3.04.02.0.00025

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Discovery

Function

Regulation of glucagon secretion

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In other species

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Alpha cell

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples73
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

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Alpha cell

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related to Discovery · 19
Alpha cell → At, Banting, Before, Best, Duve, He, In, Islet, Islets, It, Laguesse, Langerhans, Michael Lane, Murlin, Paul Langerhans, Sutherland, The, They, This
related to Glucagon Secretion and Control of Gluconeogenesis · 18
Alpha cell → Alpha, AMP, As, CREB, FBPase2, GLP-1, GLP-2, Glucagon, Glucagon-like, L-cells, PEPCK, PFK2, PKA, Response Element Binding, The, These, They, This
related to Non-neuronal Control · 8
Alpha cell → Delta, It, Non-neuronal, The, This, When ZnT8, Zinc, ZnT8
related to Type II Diabetes · 8
Alpha cell → Another, Consistently, Glucagon-like, It, One, Patients, These, Type II
related to Neuronal Control · 7
Alpha cell → According, Both, However, It, Sympathetic, The, Travagli
related to Anatomy · 4
Alpha cell → Alpha, Islets, It, Langerhans
related to Regulation of glucagon secretion · 3
Alpha cell → Indirect, The, There
FMA · 1
Alpha cell → 70585
Function · 1
Alpha cell → Glucagon secretion
Location · 1
Alpha cell → Pancreatic islet

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glucagon cells alpha secretion glucose levels pancreas insulin blood causes found control beta islets diabetes also increase type plasma membrane

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alpha cellFMA705851.00infobox
Alpha cellFunctionGlucagon secretion1.00infobox
Alpha cellLocationPancreatic islet1.00infobox
Alpha cellSystemEndocrine1.00infobox
Alpha cellTHH3.04.02.0.000251.00infobox
Alpha cellrelated to AnatomyAlpha0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to AnatomyIt0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to AnatomyIslets0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to AnatomyLangerhans0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to DiscoveryIslets0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to DiscoveryLangerhans0.60section
Alpha cellrelated to DiscoveryPaul Langerhans0.60section

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