Somatostatin-Secreting Cells

MeSH code information

• Name
  Somatostatin-Secreting Cells
• Concept
  Scope note: Endocrine cells found throughout the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and in islets of the PANCREAS. D cells secrete SOMATOSTATIN that acts in both an endocrine and paracrine manner. Somatostatin acts on a variety of tissues including the PITUITARY GLAND; gastrointestinal tract; pancreas; and KIDNEY by inhibiting the release of hormones, such as GROWTH HORMONE; GASTRIN; INSULIN; and RENIN.
• Tree numbers
  • A03.556.875.875.440.854
  • A03.734.414.793
  • A06.300.414.793
  • A06.390.825
  • A10.615.550.291.825
  • A11.382.625.950
  • A11.436.294.950
• Qualifiers
  parasitology, immunology, microbiology, physiology, enzymology, cytology, chemistry, drug effects, transplantation, virology, radiation effects, classification, pathology, ultrastructure, metabolism