Islet cells are the cells inside the Islets of Langerhans, part of the pancreas. There are three types of islet cells: alpha cells, which produce gut enzymes; delta cells, which act as a support structure for the islet cells; and beta cells, which produce insulin. All of the different types of islet cells are used in islet transplantation.
(pronunciation: EYE-let cells). The clumps of cells within the pancreas that include; alpha cells, which make glucagon; beta cells, which make insulin; delta cells, which make somatostatin; and PP cells and D1 cells about which little is known. The islet cells appear under low-power magnification to be islands (islands within the pancreas). First described by Dr. Paul Langerhans in 1869.
(see Pancreatic Islet Cells of Langerhans).
cluster of cells in the pancreas; they regulate the blood glucose level with insulin.
clusters of cells in the pancreas which include the beta (insulin producing) and alpha (glucagon producing) cells