Objective To study the effects of malnutrition on the function of cells in fetal islet of pancreas.

目的探讨营养不良对胚胎胰岛细胞功能的影响。

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In Type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and destroys the beta-islet cells of the pancreas, so the body can no longer process glucose using insulin, the hormone they produce.

在1型糖尿病中，免疫系统攻击并破坏胰岛B细胞，因此，机体将不能通过B细胞分泌的胰岛素来利用血糖。

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They were given islet cells from the pancreas of a dead organ donor.

他们被移植了死亡的器官捐献者的胰脏细胞。

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Two or more whole pancreases from dead donors are needed for an islet transplantation, compared to just half of a living pancreas, experts have found.

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It is a rare type of cancer called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that afflicts the hormone producing islet cells in the pancreas.

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Two injection sites were used: the surface of the small intestine and the hepatic portal vein that connects the pancreas and the liver, where islet transplantation normally is performed.

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