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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Dec 15, 2010; 1(5): 154-165
Published online Dec 15, 2010. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v1.i5.154
Histamine 3 receptor activation mediates inhibition of acid secretion during Helicobacter-induced gastritis
Yana Zavros, Nisreen Mesiwala, Meghna Waghray, Andrea Todisco, Arthur Shulkes, Juanita L Merchant
Yana Zavros, Nisreen Mesiwala, Meghna Waghray, Andrea Todisco, Juanita L Merchant, Departments of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2200, United States
Arthur Shulkes, Department of Surgery, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia
Juanita L Merchant, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, United States
Yana Zavros, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0576, United States
Author contributions: Zavros Y was responsible for study design, data interpretation and statistical analysis for Figures 1-9, manuscript preparation and critical review, and obtained funding; Mesiwala N was involved in study design, data interpretation and statistical analysis for Figures 1-4, 6 and 9, manuscript preparation and critical review; Waghray M assisted with H. felis infection and tissue analysis; Todisco A prepared canine parietal and D cell cultures used in Figures 6-9; Shulkes A participated in study design, data interpretation and provided funding and reagents for sheep studies; and Merchant JL participated in study design, data interpretation, manuscript review and funding.
Correspondence to: Juanita L Merchant, MD, PhD, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB, Room 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, United States. merchanj@umich.edu
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Received: May 25, 2010
Revised: November 24, 2010
Accepted: December 1, 2010
Published online: December 15, 2010
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