Metallothionein deficiency exacerbates chronic inflammation associated with carcinogenesis in stomach of mice infected with Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1261-1265

  Mita, Masaharu ^a   Satoh, Masahiko ^b   Shimada, Akinori ^c   Azuma, Sadahiro ^d   Himeno, Seiichiro ^e   Hara, Shuntaro ^f  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Gastric carcinogenesis; Helicobacter pylori; Metallothionein; Metaplasia

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; METAPLASIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 84870946755     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.1261     Document Type: Letter

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