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Macrophages promote progression of spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia after acute loss of parietal cells.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2014
Petersen Christine P, Weis Victoria G, Nam Ki Taek, Sousa Josane F, Fingleton Barbara, Goldenring James R
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Loss of parietal cells causes the development of spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) through transdifferentiation of chief cells. In the presence of inflammation, SPEM can advance into a more proliferative metaplasia with increased expression of intestine-specific transcripts. We used L635 to induce acute SPEM with inflammation in mice and investigated the roles of inflammatory...
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