mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase, endothelial nitric oxide synthase and vascular endothelial growth factor in esophageal mucosa biopsy specimens from patients with reflux esophagitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 69, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Inamori, Masahiko ^a,c   Shimamura, Takeshi ^a   Nagase, Hajime ^a   Abe, Yasunobu ^a   Umezawa, Tadashi ^a   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a   Saito, Toshifumi ^a   Ueno, Norio ^a   Tanaka, Katsuaki ^a   Sekihara, Hisahiko ^a   Togawa, Jun Ichi ^b   Kaifu, Hiroki ^b   Tsuboi, Hideo ^b   Kayama, Hideyuki ^b   Tominaga, Shizuo ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Katta General Hospital   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial NO synthase; Inducible NO synthase; Los Angeles Classification of Esophagitis; Reflux esophagitis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FAMOTIDINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33745443293     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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