Genetic studies of diseases: A systems biology approach to genetic studies of pancreatitis and other complex diseases

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1763-1777

  Whitcomb, D C ^a,b,c   Barmada, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Chronic pancreatitis; Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulation; Fibrosis; Genetic testing; Genetics; Inflammation; Meta analysis; Pancreas; Pancreatitis; Stellate cell; Systems biology; Trypsin; Trypsinogen

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TRYPSIN; TRYPSINOGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRYPSINOGEN;

EID: 34447649372     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7055-5     Document Type: Article

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