Enterokinase activity in human intestinalized gastric mucosa.
Enterokinase activity was demonstrated in biopsies obtained during gastroscopy specimens in 6 patients with extended intestinal metaplasia of gastric mucosa. These observations seem to support the hypothesis that intestinalized brush border cells of gastric mucosa may have the original absorptive and secretory capacity of true intestinal epithelium.
D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004765:Enteropeptidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D008679:Metaplasia
D010450:Endopeptidases; D004765:Enteropeptidase