Hormonal protection in acute pancreatitis by ghrelin, leptin and melatonin

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 16902-16912

  Jaworek, Jolanta ^a   Konturek, Stanisław Jan ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Ghrelin; Leptin; Melatonin; Protection

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTACOID;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84917690898     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16902     Document Type: Article

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