Perineural mast cells are specifically enriched in pancreatic neuritis and neuropathic pain in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic neuritis is a histopathological hallmark of pancreatic neuropathy and correlates to abdominal neuropathic pain sensation in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PCa) and chronic pancreatitis (CP). However, inflammatory cell subtypes that compose pancreatic neuritis and their correlation...

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Main Authors: Ihsan Ekin Demir, Stephan Schorn, Elisabeth Schremmer-Danninger, Kun Wang, Timo Kehl, Nathalia A Giese, Hana Algül, Helmut Friess, Güralp O Ceyhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610867?pdf=render