Do neural crest cells in the pancreas differentiate into somatostatin-containing cells?
The possibility that the somatostatin cells are derived from the neurectoderm has been questioned in avian embryos. Isotopic and isochronic transplantations of the neural primordium from quail into chick embryos were made at the vagal level (somites 1 to 7). Quail and chick cells can be distinguished by the structure of their nucleus. The somatostatin cells were characterized immunocytochemically. In no case did quail cells showing the immunological reaction originate from the neural crest.
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology / Q000637:transplantation; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003370:Coturnix / Q000196:embryology; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000166:cytology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
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