Dietary lectins can stimulate pancreatic growth in the rat

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-208

  Kelsall, Angela ^a   Fitzgerald, A J ^b   Howard, C V ^a   Evans, R C ^a   Singh, R ^a   Rhodes, J M ^a   Goodlad, Robert A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Gastrointestinal tract; Lectin; Mushroom agglutinin; Pancreas; Peanut agglutinin

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MUCIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING; INTESTINE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; LECTINS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036904545     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2002.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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