Interstitial cell of Cajal loss correlates with the degree of inflammation in the human appendix and reverses after inflammation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1891-1899

  Bettolli, Marcos ^a,b   De Carli, Claudio ^a,b   Cornejo Palma, Daniel ^b   Jolin Dahel, Kheira ^b   Wang, Xuan Yu ^c   Huizinga, Jan ^c   Krantis, Anthony ^b   Rubin, Steven ^a   Staines, William A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

appendix vermiform; c Kit IR; Electron microscopy; Gastrointestinal inflammation; ICC

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867506300     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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