The therapeutic effect of the neuropeptide hormone somatostatin on Schistosoma mansoni caused liver fibrosis

BACKGROUND: The neuropeptide somatostatin is one of the major regulatory peptides in the central nervous system and the digestive tract. Our recent work has delineated an association between fibrosis and low levels of endogenous somatostatin plasma levels in Schistosoma mansoni infected subjects. Ba...

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Autores principales: Chatterjee, Shyama, Vrolix, Gunther, Depoortere, Inge, Peeters, Theo, Van Marck, Eric
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1166555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15949036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-45

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1166555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15949036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-45

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