"Glucagon-Secreting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A type of pancreatic cell representing about 5-20% of the islet cells. Alpha cells secrete GLUCAGON.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D050416
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 A03.734.414.065 A06.390.087 A06.407.414.043 A11.382.625.064 A11.436.294.064 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Glucagon-Secreting Cells- Glucagon-Secreting Cells
 - Cell, Glucagon-Secreting
 - Cells, Glucagon-Secreting
 - Glucagon Secreting Cells
 - Glucagon-Secreting Cell
 - alpha Cells, Pancreatic
 - Pancreatic alpha Cell
 - alpha Cell, Pancreatic
 - Pancreatic alpha Cells
 - Pancreatic A Cells
 - Pancreatic A Cell
 
  
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