| Literature DB >> 761838 |
M Ward, A Ferguson, M A Eastwood.
Abstract
The jejunal mucosa of patients with coeliac disease contains significantly fewer Paneth cells (PCC) per crypt (p less than 0.001) and tissue lysozyme activity (JLA) P less than 0.001) when compared with a group of subjects with normal jejunal mucosa. Neither PCC nor JLA return to normal with complete clinical recovery and otherwise complete histological recovery on a gluten free diet. There is a significant linear correlation between JLA and PCC suggesting that the Paneth cell is the principal source of jejunal lysozyme.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 761838 PMCID: PMC1418968 DOI: 10.1136/gut.20.1.55
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059