In patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), the most common functional
pancreatic endocrine tumor (PET) syndrome is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). ZES has …

Gastrinomas are neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs), that occur primarily in the duodenum
and pancreas, which ectopically secrete gastrin, resulting in the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome …

Gastrinomas are neuroendocrine neoplasms, usually located in the duodenum or pancreas,
that secrete gastrin and cause a clinical syndrome known as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome …

The purpose of our study was to correlate the imaging and pathologic features of islet cell
tumors with regard to tumor size, necrosis and cysts, calcification, malignant behavior, and …

The distal portion of the rat insulin I gene 5'-flanking DNA contains two sequence elements,
the Far and FLAT elements, that can function in combination, but not separately, as a beta …

In the mammalian brain, a major regulatory peptide is vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP).
This 28 amino acid peptide, originally isolated from the porcine duodenum, was later found …

We have characterized, by electron probe microanalysis, rapidly frozen cultured rat islets at
the level of individual secretory granules. Elemental analysis of thin, dried cryosections …

Hypothesis Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas can be managed surgically with
excellent outcomes. Design Retrospective case series. Setting Academic medical center …

Islet cell tumors are rare pancreatic or peripancreatic neoplasms that produce and secrete
hormones to a variable degree. These tumors are best divided on clinical grounds into those …

Abstract Insulinomas are usually solitary (> 90%) benign pancreatic tumors readily cured by
enucleation or resection. To determine whether the 4% of insulinomas associated with …