Tryptophan free diet delays healing of chronic gastric ulcers in rat

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 53-65

  Konturek, Peter C ^a   Burnat, G ^a   Brzozowski, T ^b   Zopf, Y ^a   Konturek, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gastric ulcer; HSP70; iNOS; L tryptophan; L tryptophan rich diet; Melatonin; NFKappaB; TNF ; Ulcer healing

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH ULCER; ULCER HEALING; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIET; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALE; MELATONIN; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH ULCER; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 51449089216     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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