Secretory granules of endocrine and chief cells of human stomach mucosa contain leptin

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 789-793

  Cinti, S ^a   De Matteis, R ^a   Pico C ^b   Ceresi, E ^a   Obrador, A ^c   Maffeis, C ^d   Oliver, J ^b   Palou, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; Immunocytochemistry; Leptin; Localization; Stomach

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPSINOGEN; PROTEIN; RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; STOMACH CHIEF CELL; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH GLAND; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034046561     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801228     Document Type: Article

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