type B pancreatic cell differentiation

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Nametype B pancreatic cell differentiation
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Biological process

Exact synonym

pancreatic B cell differentiation, pancreatic beta cell differentiation

Description

The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of a type B pancreatic cell. A type B pancreatic cell is a cell located towards center of the islets of Langerhans that secretes insulin.

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