Prepro-endothelin-1 mRNA and its mature peptide in human appendix

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 2 47-2, 2003, Pages

  Massai, Lauretta ^a   Carbotti, Paola ^a   Cambiaggi, Caterina ^a   Mencarelli, Marzia ^a   Migliaccio, Pierluigi ^a   Muscettola, Michela ^a   Grasso, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Anatomical Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mast cells; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROENDOTHELIN 1;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ISCHEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037302870     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00262.2002     Document Type: Article

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