Biomarkers in patients with gastric inflammation: A systematic review

Digestion

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 164-180

  Naito, Yuji ^a   Ito, Masanori ^b   Watanabe, Toshio ^c   Suzuki, Hidekazu ^d  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Gastric inflammation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHEMOKINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GASTRIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GROWTH FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; RANTES; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTRIN RELEASE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH BIOPSY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 27144549275     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088396     Document Type: Review

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