Leptin in intestinal inflammation: Good and bad gut feelings

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 921-922

  Matarese, G ^a   Lechler, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEPTIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENTERITIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COLITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; LEPTIN; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 3042618748     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.037283     Document Type: Note

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