endocrine/exocrine glands
• there is a severe reduction in insulin and glucagon positive cells in the pancreas of E15.5
• as a percentage of total pancreatic epithelial area in E15.5 embryo, insulin positive area is reduced by 55% and glucagon area by 60%
• the reduction of insulin and glucagon cells is not accompanied by an increase in cells expressing somatostatin or ghrelin cells
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