Definition: 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.
/transpl: if from pancreas, coordinate with ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION
Other names delta Cells, Pancreatic; delta Cells, Gastric; delta Cell, Pancreatic; delta Cell, Gastric; delta Cell; Somatostatin-Secreting Cell; Somatostatin Secreting Cells; Somatostatin Cell; Pancreatic delta Cell; Pancreatic D Cell; Gastric delta Cell; Gastric D Cell; D Cells, Pancreatic; D Cells, Gastric; D Cell, Gastric; D Cell; Somatostatin Cells; Pancreatic D Cells; Gastric delta Cells; Gastric D Cells
