Inflammation and a thickened mucus layer in mice with cholesterol gallstones

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Rege, Robert V ^a   Prystowsky, Jay B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol gallstones; Gallbladder mucus layer; Inflammation; Interleukin 1; Mouse; Myeloperoxidase

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031843776     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1997.5213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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