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(anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.

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islets of Langerhans

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islets of Langerhans

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(anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.

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ランゲルハンス島：膵臓の内分泌細胞を含む、特定の組織領域

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Researchers studied the islets of Langerhans to better understand how insulin secretion is regulated in diabetes.

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研究者たちは糖尿病におけるインスリン分泌の調節をよりよく理解するために、膵臓の内分泌細胞を含むランゲルハンス島を研究した。

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(anatomy, biology) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.

Edward Sharpey-Schäfer determined that the substance necessary for carbohydrate metabolism was produced in the Islets of Langerhans, naming this new substance ‘insuline’ after the Latin insula (island).

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