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Genetic risk in chronic pancreatitis: the misfolding-dependent pathway.
Current opinion in gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2017
Sahin-Tóth Miklós
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Genetic risk in chronic pancreatitis is partly due to mutations that cause misfolding of digestive enzymes and elicit endoplasmic reticulum stress. This review examines recent developments in this concept. RECENT FINDINGS: The best characterized misfolding variants in the highly expressed digestive proteases cationic trypsinogen (PRSS1) and carboxypeptidase A1 (CPA1) are strong, causative risk...
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