Saluja AK

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an irreversible fibro-inflammatory disease of the pancreas with no current targeted therapy. Pirfenidone, an anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory drug, is FDA approved for treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibros…

Background & aimsExperimental studies in acute pancreatitis (AP) suggest a strong association of acinar cell injury with cathepsin B-dependent intracellular activation of trypsin. However, the molecular events subsequent to trypsin activati…

The pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is poorly understood. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has now been recognized as a pathogenic event in many chronic diseases. However, ER stress has not been studied in CP, although pancreatic…

Background & aimsThe role of trypsinogen activation in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis (AP) has not been clearly established.MethodsWe generated and characterized mice lacking trypsinogen isoform 7 (T7) gene (T(-/-)). The effects of …

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas which, in its most severe form, is associated with multi-organ failure and death. Recently, signalling molecules and pathways which are responsible for the initiation and progres…

Many animal models are available to investigate the pathogenesis of pancreatitis, an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. However, the secretagogue hyperstimulation model of pancreatitis is the most commonly used. Animals infused with hig…