 Pancreas
"Pancreas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2009 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2010 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2012 | 11 | 7 | 18 | | 2013 | 10 | 7 | 17 | | 2014 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2015 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2019 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2020 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2021 | 8 | 7 | 15 | | 2022 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2023 | 0 | 16 | 16 | | 2024 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2026 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pancreas" by people in Profiles.
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Bugata LSP, Dhar D, Kant R, Kumar R, Kabir MI, Agarwal C, Agarwal R, Raina K. Chemopreventive Effect of Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) Juice on Pancreatic Carcinogenesis in LSL-KrasG12D/+; p48Cre/+ Mice. Mol Carcinog. 2026 Nov; 65(11):1383-1397.
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Leite LF, Belotto M, Sá de Araújo M, Menezes S, de Almeida LF, Hilal MA, Alcázar López CF, Azagra JS, Balakrishnan A, Berrevoet F, Besselink MG, Blanco-Fernández G, Boggi U, Chapa-Azuela O, Coimbra FJF, Dasari BVM, Dokmak S, Duarte ÁA, Falconi M, Oliveira AF, Fusai GK, Frigerio I, Giménez M, Ielpo B, Inoue Y, Jarufe N, Chavarría EJ, Lesurtel M, Malleo G, Marchegiani G, Mazza O, de Oliveira CVC, O'Rourke N, Pandanaboyana S, Rangelova E, Sabater L, Satoi S, Sauvanet A, Serradilla-Martín M, Siriwardena AK, Sparrelid E, Starlinger P, Stättner S, Strobel O, Sturesson C, Villodre C, Werner J, Galvão do Amaral PC, Peixoto RD, Clavien PA, Ramia JM. International consensus on mesopancreas and total mesopancreas excision (MESODELPHI). HPB (Oxford). 2026 Oct; 28(10):1311-1317.
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Kakos CD, Ziogas IA, Kokkinakis S, Khomiak A, Moris D, Marantos A, Dionysis TT, Schulick RD, Del Chiaro M, Roach JP. Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis of 1,021 Children With Pancreatic Tumors. J Surg Res. 2026 Sep; 325:363-374.
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Panda A, Itani M, Mhlanga J, Singh C, Catalano OA, Lall C, Arif-Tiwari H, Chu L. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2026 Jun; 47(3-4):149-164.
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Khomiak A, Fajolu O, Abud VL, Ziogas IA, Johnson J, Patel H, Hassel A, Jones C, Cyriacks B, Battreall K, Lewis S, Bata K, Thornton O, Del Chiaro M, Schulick R, Cumbler E, Tevis SEA. Patient-reported symptom tracking and intervention in real time after pancreatic surgery: A quality improvement project. Surgery. 2026 Aug; 196:110321.
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Stoop TF, van 't Land FR, Seelen LWF, Ali M, Sultan A, Javed AA, van Eijck CHJ, Thiels CA, Hewitt DB, Sparrelid E, Uzunoglu FG, Gehrisch OHF, Daams F, Ishida H, van Santvoort HC, Molenaar IQ, Leiting JL, Erdmann JI, Cappelle M, Ginesini M, Kendrick ML, Napoli N, Busch OR, Franklin O, Ghorbani P, Schulick RD, Dankha R, de Wilde RF, Welsch T, Te Riele W, Wolfgang CL, Besselink MG, Groot Koerkamp B, Boggi U, Truty MJ, Del Chiaro M, Hackert T. Impact of preoperative radiotherapy on the risk of postpancreatectomy haemorrhage and major morbidity after resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma including arterial divestment or arterial resection. BJS Open. 2026 05 12; 10(3).
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Denson AM, Rodriguez KE, Letourneau-Freiberg LR, Kandasamy B, Naylor RN, Abdullatif HD, Benjamin RW, Cobry E, Freemark MS, Thomas IH, Greeley SAW. Children With Pancreatic Hypoplasia Experience Poor Weight Gain and Labile Diabetes but Low Incidence of DKA. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Mar 17; 111(4):e1164-e1173.
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Zalucha EM, Hutch CR, Bethea M, Cook TM, Unadkat A, Wells KL, Kim KS, Maerz B, Lehrke M, Singer K, Sandoval DA. The Role of Pancreatic Preproglucagon in Regulating Local Inflammation in Mice. Cells. 2026 Mar 06; 15(5).
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Grandke F, Rishik S, Wagner V, Engel A, Ludwig N, Calcuttawala K, Kern F, Keller V, Krawczyk M, Stodieck L, Ferguson V, Roberts A, Meese E, Schaum N, Quake S, Wyss-Coray T, Keller A. MiRNAs shape mouse age-independent tissue adaptation to spaceflight via ECM and developmental pathways. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 05; 17(1):1387.
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Norris N, Troendle D, Wilschanski M, Wang F, Cress GA, Abu-El-Haija MA, Chugh A, Cohen RZ, Downs EM, Fishman DS, Gariepy CE, Giefer MJ, Gonska TY, Grover AS, Husain SZ, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Morinville VD, Ng K, Noel RA, Ooi CY, Perito ER, Sellers ZM, Trout AT, Zheng Y, Yuan Y, Lowe ME, Uc A. Utility and utilization of transabdominal ultrasound in pediatric patients with acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2026 Feb; 82(2):557-565.
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