Processing and proliferative effects of human progastrin in transgenic mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1918-1929

  Wang, Timothy C ^a   Koh, Theodore J ^a   Varro, Andrea ^b   Cahill, Rachel J ^c   Dangler, Charles A ^c   Fox, James G ^c   Dockray, Graham J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

colon cancer; gastrin gene expression; growth factor; progastrin processing; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN; PROGASTRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIN RELEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERGASTRINEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029861301     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118993     Document Type: Article

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