The effect of digestion of collagen and elastin on histomorphometry and the zero-stress state in rat esophagus

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1497-1505

  Fan, Yanhua ^a,b   Zhao, Jingbo ^a,c   Liao, Donghua ^a,c   Gregersen, Hans ^a,c,d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagenase; Elastase; Opening angle; Rat esophagus; Residual strain; Zero stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; DEXTRAN; EGTAZIC ACID; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAIN; STRESS; SUBMUCOSA; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGENASES; DIGESTION; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 22844439552     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2868-2     Document Type: Article

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