Contact: Karen Kreeger
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Caption: An intermediate cell type which emerges during inflammation and regeneration in acute pancreatitis regulated by the transcription factor Prrx1, termed acinar-to-ductal metaplasia.
Credit: Maximilian Reichert, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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