 Pancreas
"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,
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pancreas" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pancreas" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2009 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2011 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2012 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2013 | 11 | 7 | 18 | | 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2019 | 6 | 11 | 17 | | 2020 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2021 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2023 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2024 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pancreas" by people in Profiles.
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Mark JA, Zheng Y, Franco SR, Khalaf RT, Trout AT, Nathan JD, Piester TL, Del Chiaro M, Abu El-Haija M, Wilsey MJ. Pancreatic Cystic Lesions in Children: A Comprehensive Scoping Review. Pancreas. 2025 Feb 01; 54(2):e150-e165.
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Bandral M, Sussel L, Lorberbaum DS. Retinoid signaling in pancreas development, islet function, and disease. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2025; 161:297-318.
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Naik-Mathuria B, Ehrlich PF, Escobar MA, Falcone R, Gosain A, Vogel AM, Jafri M, Thakkar RK, Slater BJ, Russell RT, Campbell B, Beaudin M, St Peter SD, Russell KW, Kreykes N, Gaines B, Notrica DM, Hamner C, Renaud E, Gourlay D, DeJesus J. Prospective Outcomes of Standardized Non-operative Management of Pancreatic Trauma With Ductal Injury in Children: Less is More. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Jan; 60(1):161976.
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Cilvik SN, Boehmer B, Wesolowski SR, Brown LD, Rozance PJ. Chronic late gestation fetal hyperglucagonaemia results in lower insulin secretion, pancreatic mass, islet area and beta- and a-cell proliferation. J Physiol. 2024 Nov; 602(22):6329-6345.
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Vaithiyam VS, Sachdeva S, Singh AK, Dalal A. Clinical impact of pancreatic steatosis on the risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis: Fact or fiction! Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Sep; 100(3):579.
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Chalhoub JM, Hawa F, Grantham T, Lester J, Carpenter ES, Mendoza-Ladd A, Wani S, Machicado JD. Effect of the number of passes on diagnostic performance of EUS fine-needle biopsy of solid pancreatic masses: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2024 Oct; 100(4):595-604.e8.
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Kennedy VC, Lynch CS, Tanner AR, Winger QA, Gad A, Rozance PJ, Anthony RV. Fetal Hypoglycemia Induced by Placental SLC2A3-RNA Interference Alters Fetal Pancreas Development and Transcriptome at Mid-Gestation. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Apr 27; 25(9).
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Virostko J, Wright JJ, Williams JM, Hilmes MA, Triolo TM, Broncucia H, Du L, Kang H, Nallaparaju S, Valencia LG, Reyes D, Hammel B, Russell WE, Philipson LH, Waibel M, Kay TWH, Thomas HE, Greeley SAW, Steck AK, Powers AC, Moore DJ. Longitudinal Assessment of Pancreas Volume by MRI Predicts Progression to Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024 Mar 01; 47(3):393-400.
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Maekawa A, Oba A, Inoue Y, Omiya K, Ono Y, Sato T, Watanabe S, Uchino Y, Kobayashi K, Ito H, Sato Y, Tanabe M, Saiura A, Takahashi Y. ASO Visual Abstract: Technical Strategy for Pancreatic Body Cancers-A Raison d'Etre of Distal Pancreatectomy With Portal Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb; 31(2):1371-1372.
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Linder S, Holmberg M, Agopian-Dahlenmark L, Zhao H, ?kerstr?m JH, Sparrelid E, Ghorbani P. Endoscopic main duct stenting in refractory postoperative pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy - a friend or a foe? BMC Surg. 2024 Jan 24; 24(1):33.
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