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Cells > Pancreatic Stellate Cells

Preferred term

Pancreatic Stellate Cells  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Star-shaped, myofibroblast-like cells located in the periacinar, perivascular, and periductal regions of the EXOCRINE PANCREAS. They play a key role in the pathobiology of FIBROSIS; PANCREATITIS; and PANCREATIC CANCER.

History note

  • 2011

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058954

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