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exocrine pancreas

RESEARCH ARTICLE

ptf1a⁺, ela3l⁻ cells are developmentally maintained progenitors for exocrine regeneration following extreme loss of acinar cells in zebrafish larvae
Nicole Schmitner, Kenji Kohno, Dirk Meyer

Disease Models & Mechanisms 2017 10: 307-321; doi: 10.1242/dmm.026633

Summary: New transgenic models for exocrine pancreas regeneration in zebrafish reveal a novel potential exocrine progenitor as the source for a two-phase regeneration process after complete acinar cell loss.