Formation of islets from ductal cells in foetal pancreas

  • Anne Clark, University of Oxford
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Formation of islets from ductal cells in foetal pancreas. Anne Clark, University of Oxford. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A photomicrograph of a section of human pancreas from a foetus of 11 weeks gestation stained for insulin. It shows primitive beta-cells budding from pancreatic ductal stem cells (neogenesis) and clustering to form new islets in the exocrine matrix.

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