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Title Pancreas : anatomy, diseases, and health implications / Akiko Satou and Hana Nakamura, editors
Published New York : Nova Biomedical, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Endocrinology research and clinical developments
Human anatomy and physiology
Endocrinology research and clinical developments.
Human anatomy and physiology series.
Contents PANCREAS: ANATOMY, DISEASES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; PANCREAS: ANATOMY, DISEASES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: PANCREAS: ANATOMY, DISEASES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; Early Stages of Pancreatic Development; Transcription Factors; Later Stage of Pancreatic Development; Postnatal Pancreas; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE PANCREAS; Exocrine Pancreas and Insulin-Acinar Axis; Endocrine Pancreas; PANCREAS REMODELING; Pancreatic Lipotoxicity; Light Microscopy
Transmission Electron MicroscopyTHE GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS AND THE PANCREAS; Insulin Signaling; Glucose Homeostasis and Incretins; Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Outcomes; FETAL PROGRAMMING OF PANCREAS ALTERATIONS; Evidence from Animal Models; Mechanisms of Programming; FUTURE RESEARCH; Basic Techniques for Pancreatic Research; Exocrine Pancreas: Intervention Strategies; Pancreatic Cell Isolation and Transplantation; Pancreatic Plasticity; Endocrine Pancreas: Intervention Strategies; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS IN THE HUMAN FETAL PANCREAS
ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Analysis of Histological and Immunohistochemical Preparations; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; The Development of the Human Endocrine Pancreas; Expression of the Nervous System Proteins in the Human Pancreatic Endocrine Cells; The Development of Nervous Apparatus of Pancreatic Islets; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: AUTOPHAGY IN PANCREATIC DISEASES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION -- FUNCTION AND MECHANISM OF AUTOPHAGY; MONITORING OF AUTOPHAGY; AUTOPHAGY IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS
AUTOPHAGY UNDER THE BASAL CONDITION OF PANCREATIC CANCERAUTOPHAGY AS SURVIVAL MECHANISM AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS OR ANTI-CANCER THERAPY IN PANCREATIC CANCER; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMARY CYSTIC PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS: COLLECTION OF OUR EXPERIENCED CASES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PATIENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL FEATURES; Pathological Findings; Pathological Findings; Pathological Findings; Pathological Findings; Pathological Findings; Pathological Findings; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Chapter 5: EMBRYOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS AND ASSOCIATED ANOMALIESABSTRACT; EMBRYOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS; CONGENITAL DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES OF THE PANCREAS; 1) Pancreas Divisum; 2) Other Ductal Anomalies; 3) Annular Pancreas (AP); 4) Heterotopic Pancreas (HP); 5) Congenital Pancreatic Cysts; 6) Agenesis of the Dorsal Pancreas (ADP); CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: EMERGING THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR METASTATIC EXOCRINE PANCREATIC CANCER; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; CURRENT THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS; Gemcitabine; Gemcitabine Based Combination Therapy; FOLFIRINOX
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pancreas -- Diseases.
Pancreas.
Pancreatic Diseases
Pancreas
MEDICAL -- Gastroenterology.
Pancreas
Pancreas -- Diseases
Form Electronic book
Author Satou, Akiko.
Nakamura, Hana.
ISBN 9781620815953
1620815958