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Overview of Pancreatic Islets

Pancreatic tissue

Pancreatic tissue

The small cells in the middle are beta cells, and the surrounding larger cells are alpha, delta, gamma, and epsilon cells.

This is a photo taken through a microscope of pancreatic tissue. The small cells in the middle are beta cells, and the surrounding larger cells are alpha, delta, gamma, and epsilon cells.

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