Ghrelin and pre-proghrelin immunoreactive cells in gastric neuroendocrine tumors associated with atrophic body gastritis

INTRODUCTION: Ghrelin is a 28 amino acid peptide secreted mainly by endocrine cells present in the gastric mucosa and acknowledged as an endogenous releaser of growth hormone. The immunohistochemical expression of ghrelin has been described in neuroendocrine tumors, and it is believed that may exert...

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Autor principal: Moreira,Letícia Figueiredo (author)
Outros Autores: Carvalho,Maria Risoleta Nascimento Vieira (author), Barbosa,Alfredo José Afonso (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
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Texto completo:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442010000400011
País:Brasil
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