Mast cell distribution and activation in chronic pancreatitis

Human Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1174-1183

  Esposito, Irene ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a   Kappeler, Andreas ^a   Shrikhande, Shailesh ^a   Kleeff, Jrg ^a   Ramesh, Hariharan ^a   Zimmermann, Arthur ^a   Bchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic pancreatitis; IgE; Mast cells; Stem cell factor; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAST CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035180854     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.28947     Document Type: Article

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