Functional Aspects of the ECL Cell in Rodents

Gastric acid plays an important role in digesting food (especially proteins), iron absorption, and destroying swallowed micro-organism. N4 is secreted by the oxyntic parietal cells. Its secretion is regulated by endocrine, neurocrine and paracrine mechanisms. Gastrin released from the antral G cell...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cui, Guang-Lin
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det medisinske fakultet 2001
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-999