Sentences with phrase «cells in the pancreas normally»

The beta cells in the pancreas normally produce insulin.

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Usually, the body's own immune system — which normally fights harmful bacteria and viruses — mistakenly destroys the insulin - producing (islet, or islets of Langerhans) cells in the pancreas.

The four children also had more of the types of species that are known to trigger gut inflammation, a possible prelude to type - 1 diabetes, in which the body's immune system mistakenly produces antibodies that attack and destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that normally make insulin.

β - cells are a type of cell that normally resides in the pancreas and produces a hormone called insulin.

Islet transplants Insulin is normally produced by islet or beta cells in the pancreas.

ß - cells are a type of cell that normally resides in the pancreas and produces a hormone called insulin.

It is critical to monitor insulin needs very closely if an attempt is made to correct high blood sugar using insulin in a dog with acute pancreatitis, in order to avoid the risk of shock due to an over dosage of insulin when the islet cell function returns and the pancreas begins to make insulin normally.