Metallothionein expression in Helicobacter-infected pregnant mice and their fetuses and pups

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1527-1532

  Tran, Cuong D ^a   Gøbel, Rikke ^a,b   Symonds, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Helicobacter felis; Helicobacter pylori; Metallothionein; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; HELICOBACTER FELIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34248649055     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9611-5     Document Type: Article

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