"Pyloric Antrum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The region between the sharp indentation at the lower third of the STOMACH (incisura angularis) and the junction of the PYLORUS with the DUODENUM. Pyloric antral glands contain mucus-secreting cells and gastrin-secreting endocrine cells (G CELLS).
| Descriptor ID |
D011706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.716
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| Concept/Terms |
Pyloric Antrum- Pyloric Antrum
- Antrum, Pyloric
- Antrums, Pyloric
- Pyloric Antrums
- Gastric Antrum
- Antrum, Gastric
- Antrums, Gastric
- Gastric Antrums
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pyloric Antrum" by people in Profiles.
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Choi MY, Romer AI, Wang Y, Wu MP, Ito S, Leiter AB, Shivdasani RA. Requirement of the tissue-restricted homeodomain transcription factor Nkx6.3 in differentiation of gastrin-producing G cells in the stomach antrum. Mol Cell Biol. 2008 May; 28(10):3208-18.
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Fox JG, Rogers AB, Whary MT, Ge Z, Ohtani M, Jones EK, Wang TC. Accelerated progression of gastritis to dysplasia in the pyloric antrum of TFF2 -/- C57BL6 x Sv129 Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. Am J Pathol. 2007 Nov; 171(5):1520-8.
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Novitsky YW, Kercher KW, Czerniach DR, Litwin DE. Watermelon stomach: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. J Gastrointest Surg. 2003 Jul-Aug; 7(5):652-61.
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Beamer WG, Pelsue SC, Shultz LD, Sundberg JP, Barker JE. The flaky skin (fsn) mutation in mice: map location and description of the anemia. Blood. 1995 Oct 15; 86(8):3220-6.