Sonic hedgehog in gastric physiology and neoplastic transformation: Friend or foe?

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-65

  El Zaatari, Mohamad ^a   Saqui Salces, Milena ^a   Waghray, Megna ^a   Todisco, Andrea ^a   Merchant, Juanita L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BSRB 2051 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hypochlorhydria; Inflammation; Metaplasia; Paracrine; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM; GASTRITIS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MESODERM; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUCINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58849108264     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e328320a821     Document Type: Review

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