Open AccessInverse relationship of interleukin-6 and mast cells in children with inflammatory and non-inflammatory abdominal pain phenotypes
Author(s) -
Wendy A. Henderson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2150-5330
DOI - 10.4291/wjgp.v3.i6.102
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , abdominal pain , biopsy , substance p , enterochromaffin cell , irritable bowel syndrome , pathology , disease , serotonin , receptor , neuropeptide
To investigate interleukin-6 (IL-6), mast cells, enterochromaffin cells, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and substance P in the gastrointestinal mucosa of children with abdominal pain.