Open AccessRelationship between b -catenin expression and epithelial cell proliferation in gastric mucosa with intestinal metaplasia
Author(s) -
Adriana Romiti,
Angelo Zullo,
Francesco Borrini,
Ida Sarcina,
Cesare Hassan,
Simon Winn,
Silverio Tomao,
Andrea Vecchione,
Sergio Morini,
P Mingazzini
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i28.4400
Subject(s) - intestinal metaplasia , cell growth , metaplasia , beta catenin , immunohistochemistry , biology , pathology , cell , catenin , helicobacter pylori , medicine , wnt signaling pathway , signal transduction , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
To investigate beta-catenin expression in patients with intestinal metaplasia, and to look for a possible relationship between beta-catenin expression and either epithelial proliferation values or Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection.