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Multiple roles for TGFβ receptor type II in regulating the pancreatic response in acute pancreatitis

George K Gittes1

  • 1Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

The Journal of Pathology
|November 27, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
TGFβ signallingacinar-to-ductal metaplasiaacute pancreatitispancreatic fibrosis

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