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Chapter 12. Insulo-Acinar Relationship

  1. Hans G. Beger MD, FACS(Hon) Founding Editor Emeritus Professor of Surgery2,
  2. Andrew L. Warshaw MD Surgeon-in-Chief Chairman3,4,
  3. Markus W. Büchler MD Chairman Head Professor of Surgery5,
  4. Richard A. Kozarek MD Director6,
  5. Markus M. Lerch MD, FRCP Professor Chair7,
  6. John P. Neoptolemos MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCS, FMedSci Head Professor of Surgery8,9,10,
  7. Keiko Shiratori MD Chair Professor11,
  8. David C. Whitcomb MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Chief12,
  9. Bettina M. Rau MD Coordinating Editor Associate Professor of Surgery13
  1. Keiko Shiratori MD Chair Professor11,
  2. Kyoko Shimizu MD Assistant Professor1,11

Published Online: 4 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch12

Book Title

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Shiratori, K. and Shimizu, K. (2009) Insulo-Acinar Relationship, in The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition (eds H. G. Beger, A. L. Warshaw, M. W. Büchler, R. A. Kozarek, M. M. Lerch, J. P. Neoptolemos, K. Shiratori, D. C. Whitcomb and B. M. Rau), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch12

Editor Information

  1. 2

    c/o Universitätsklinikum Ulm, University of Ulm, Germany

  2. 3

    Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

  3. 4

    W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  4. 5

    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany

  5. 6

    Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

  6. 7

    Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

  7. 8

    The Owen and Ellen Evans Chair of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  8. 9

    Division of Surgery and Oncology, University of Liverpool, UK

  9. 10

    School of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  10. 11

    Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  11. 12

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  12. 13

    Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Author Information

  1. 1

    Departments of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

  2. 11

    Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 FEB 2009
  2. Published Print: 11 APR 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405146647

Online ISBN: 9781444300123

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Keywords:

  • insulo-acinar portal system;
  • insulo-acinar relationship;
  • somatostatin and PP and islet δ and PP/F cells;
  • Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) and pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP);
  • pancreatic exocrine function and diabetes mellitus;
  • pancreastatin - 49-amino-acid peptide;
  • Ghrelin - 28-amino-acid peptide

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Structural relations between the islets and the exocrine pancreas

  • Insulo-acinar portal system

  • Regulation of pancreatic exocrine secretion by islet hormones

  • Islet hormones and CCK

  • Pancreatic stone protein and regenerating pancreas

  • Pancreatic exocrine function and diabetes mellitus

  • References

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