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The possible functional principle behind the existence of endocrine islets has led to the postulate that their intrapancreatic dissemination is a parallel of the distribution of the Leydig cells in the testis (Ferner 1957), and that the islet vessels form an insulo-acinar portal system.
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Epple, A., Brinn, J.E. (1987). Insulo-Acinar Interactions. In: The Comparative Physiology of the Pancreatic Islets. Zoophysiology, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83182-9_6
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