"Pancreas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nodular organ in the ABDOMEN that contains a mixture of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and EXOCRINE GLANDS. The small endocrine portion consists of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS secreting a number of hormones into the blood stream. The large exocrine portion (EXOCRINE PANCREAS) is a compound acinar gland that secretes several digestive enzymes into the pancreatic ductal system that empties into the DUODENUM.
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D010179
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.734
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pancreas" by people in Profiles.
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Reorganization of pancreas circadian transcriptome with aging. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 08 29; 15(16):7909-7921.
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Comparative incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in kidney or kidney-pancreas transplant recipients versus kidney or kidney-pancreas waitlisted patients: A single-center study. Clin Transplant. 2021 08; 35(8):e14362.
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Marked Elevation of Lipase in COVID-19 Disease: A Cohort Study. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2020 07; 11(7):e00215.
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KRAS mutation and epithelial-macrophage interplay in pancreatic neoplastic transformation. Int J Cancer. 2018 10 15; 143(8):1994-2007.
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Comparison of investigator-delineated gross tumor volumes and quality assurance in pancreatic cancer: Analysis of the pretrial benchmark case for the SCALOP trial. Radiother Oncol. 2015 Dec; 117(3):432-7.
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High prevalence of aquagenic wrinkling of the palms in patients with cystic fibrosis and association with measurable increases in transepidermal water loss. Pediatr Dermatol. 2012 Sep-Oct; 29(5):560-6.
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Intussusception caused by heterotopic pancreatic tissue in a child. Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2011; 30(2):106-10.
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Synchronous abdominal soft-tissue sarcomas: an unusual case of upper-GI bleeding diagnosed by EUS-guided FNA. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Oct; 64(4):655-8.
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Pancreatic carcinosarcoma with unique triphasic histological pattern. Pancreas. 2005 Oct; 31(3):291-2.
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Pancreatic cancer. Curr Probl Cancer. 2002 Jul-Aug; 26(4):176-275.