Decreased number of activated macrophages in gallbladder muscle layer of cholesterol gallstone patients following ursodeoxycholic acid

Gut. 2008 Dec;57(12):1740-1. doi: 10.1136/gut.2008.160333.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, CD / analysis
  • Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / analysis
  • Cholagogues and Choleretics / therapeutic use*
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Gallbladder / drug effects*
  • Gallbladder / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Macrophage Activation
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / physiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / metabolism
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / metabolism*
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
  • CD68 antigen, human
  • Cholagogues and Choleretics
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases