Differential cathelicidin expression in duodenal and gastric biopsies from tanzanian and german patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Rogoll, Dorothee ^a   Schauber, Juergen ^b   Mheta, Koy K ^c   Stich, August ^d   Scheppach, Wolfgang ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^d Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

^e Stiftung Juliusspital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; INTERLEUKIN 8; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMANY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH FUNDUS; TANZANIA; BIOPSY; DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADULT; BETA-DEFENSINS; BIOPSY; CATHELICIDINS; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH; TANZANIA;

EID: 79960437411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022049     Document Type: Article

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