Intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal associated with mast cells survive nitrergic nerves in achalasia

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 556-568

  Zarate, N ^a,c,d   Wang, X Y ^a   Tougas, G ^a,b   Anvari, M ^b   Birch, D ^b   Mearin, F ^c   Malagelada, J R ^c   Huizinga, J D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MALE; MAST CELL; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COMMUNICATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 33744948588     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2006.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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