The pancreas is a wing-shaped gland that extends from the duodenum (the upper portion of the small intestine) to the spleen. It serves both digestive and endocrine functions. The pancreas aids in ...

according to the Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body. Located in close proximity to the pancreas, the spleen removes old and damaged red blood cells from the bloodstream, regulates the circulating ...

Spleen, pancreas and kidney from the same mice lacked ... Figure 1: RT–PCR analysis of mRNA for mI-1, mI-2, human insulin, PDX-1 and β-actin. Figure 3: Liver from PDX-1 treated mice contain ...