| Literature DB >> 3315877 |
P B Szecsi1, H Halgreen, S S Poulsen, C K Axelsson, M Damkjaer-Nielsen, T Kjaer, B Foltmann.
Abstract
Pancreatic tissue from 16 post mortem kidney donors have been examined for the content of pepsinogens. A zymogen with electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point and molecular weight equal to that of pepsinogen C of gastric origin was found in all specimens. A comparison between pepsinogen C extracted from pancreatic tissue and gastric mucosa demonstrated immunological identity. Quantitative measurements with a radioimmunoassay showed pepsinogen C concentrations in pancreatic tissue three to 80 times higher than those of blood serum. Immunohistochemical staining gave positive reaction for pepsinogen C only in the alpha cells of the pancreatic islets.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3315877 PMCID: PMC1433480 DOI: 10.1136/gut.28.10.1208
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059