Mast cells and inflammatory mediators in chronic ulcerative colitis

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Stoyanova, Irina I ^a   Gulubova, Maya V ^b  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Endocrine cells; Human colon; Innervation; Mast cells; Serotonin; Substance P; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; DISEASES; NEUROLOGY;

NEURONAL FIBRES (NF);

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE CRYPT; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR; MUCUS GLAND; RECTUM CARCINOMA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CELL COUNT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

AUTACOID; COLORING AGENT; SERINE PROTEINASE; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TRYPTASE;

CELL COUNT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TISSUE FIXATION; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0035987913     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00641     Document Type: Article

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