Urocortin in human gastric mucosa: Relationship to inflammatory activity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 478-483

  Chatzaki, E ^a   Charalampopoulos, I ^a   Leontidis, C ^a   Mouzas, I A ^a   Tzardi, M ^a   Tsatsanis, C ^a   Margioris, A N ^a   Gravanis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; OMEPRAZOLE; UROCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH MUCOSA; STROMA;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0037244571     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020853     Document Type: Article

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