The role of cathelicidin in gastric tissue repair and carcinogenesis.
Cathelicidin, a pleiotropic host defense peptide, has been shown to promote cutaneous wound repair and reaches high levels in the gastric mucosa during acute Helicobacter pylori-associated inflammation. The expression of cathelicidin, nevertheless, has also been found to be down-regulated in gastric...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074724 http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-344357 |