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Bombesin maintains enterocyte phenotype in fasted rats.
Surgery - 1 Aug 1994
Hodin R A, Meng S, Shei A
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested a relationship between enterocyte phenotype and the growth state of the epithelium; under atrophic conditions, lactase gene expression is high, whereas intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) expression is low, and vice versa. On the basis of this model, we hypothesized that the intestinal trophic factor bombesin would alter brush-border enzyme gene expression in a...
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