Reddy DN
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· 3 papers in corpus
BackgroundThe progression of chronic pancreatitis (CP), an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, causes pancreatic stones to form within the pancreatic ductal lumen/parenchyma, which occurs via protein plug formation. Pain is the most commo…
The SPINK1 gene, encoding the human pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor, is one of the major genes involved in predisposition to chronic pancreatitis (CP). In this study we have assessed the potential functional impact of 11 SPINK1 promo…
Chronic pancreatitis is known to be a heterogeneous disease with varied etiologies. Tropical calcific pancreatitis (TCP) is a severe form of chronic pancreatitis unique to developing countries. With growing evidence of genetic factors contr…