Ground squirrel model for cholelithiasis: Role of epithelial glycoproteins

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-55

  Macpherson, Brian R ^a   Pemsingh, Ramjeet S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Cholesterol gallstones; Epithelium; Gallbladder; Glycoproteins; Ground squirrel; Mucus; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOPROTEINS;

ANIMAL MODEL; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL GALLSTONE; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; GALLBLADDER; GROUND SQUIRRELS; HYPERSECRETION; MUCUS; RICHARDSON;

NUCLEATION;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; MUCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLELITHIASIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 0030931921     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19971001)39:1<39::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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