These enzymes travel down the pancreatic duct into the bile duct in an inactive form. When they enter the duodenum, they are activated. The exocrine tissue also secretes a bicarbonate to neutralize ...

1 Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR8104, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France 2 INSERM U757, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France Correspondence to Dr T Tordjmann, INSERM U757, Université ...