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Descriptor English: Insulin Secretion
Descriptor Spanish: Secreción de Insulina
Descriptor secreción de insulina
Scope note: Producción y liberación de insulina por las CÉLULAS BETA PANCREÁTICAS que se produce principalmente en respuesta a niveles elevados de GLUCOSA SANGUÍNEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Secreção de Insulina
Descriptor French: Sécrétion d'insuline
Entry term(s): Secretion, Insulin
Tree number(s): G03.442
G07.475
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000078790
Scope note: Production and release of insulin from PANCREATIC BETA CELLS that primarily occurs in response to elevated BLOOD GLUCOSE levels.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Insulin/secretion (1966-2018)
Public MeSH Note: 2019
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57858
Unique ID: D000078790
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Date Established: 2019/01/01
Date of Entry: 2018/07/09
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Insulin Secretion - Preferred
Concept UI M000643232
Scope note Production and release of insulin from PANCREATIC BETA CELLS that primarily occurs in response to elevated BLOOD GLUCOSE levels.
Preferred term Insulin Secretion
Entry term(s) Secretion, Insulin



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