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Mutation That Promotes Activation of Trypsinogen Increases Severity of Secretagogue-Induced Pancreatitis in Mice.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2020
Jancsó Zsanett, Sahin-Tóth Miklós
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Mutations in the human serine protease 1 gene (PRSS1), which encodes cationic trypsinogen, can accelerate its autoactivation and cause hereditary or sporadic chronic pancreatitis. Disruption of the locus that encodes cationic trypsinogen in mice (T7) causes loss of expression of the protein, but only partially decreases the severity of secretagogue-induced acute pancreatitis and has no effect...
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