Is iron over-rated? Sulphates may be the more important compound in development of colitis in rodent models, and perhaps humans

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-324

  Buchman, Alan L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN SULFATE; FERROUS SULFATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; ILEITIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; CECUM; CROHN DISEASE; ILEITIS; IRON;

EID: 84855201821     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300000     Document Type: Letter

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