Glucagon: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	pancreatic glucagon

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Diagram showing how hormones from white adipose tissue, the gastrointestinal tract, and pancreatic islets of Langerhans affect organs such as the brain, stomach, pancreas, liver, adipose tissue, and muscle, with arrows illustrating hormone actions and physiological effects.

Diagram showing a cross-section of a pancreatic islet of Langerhans on the left, with alpha, beta, and delta cells labeled by color, and on the right, arrows illustrating paracrine interactions among these cell types through hormones glucagon, insulin, and somatostatin.

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