GUT, vol.56, no.4, pp.534-544, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
Background and aim: Chronic pancreatitis is characterised by severe abdominal neuropathic pain, perineural inflammatory cell infiltrations and intrapancreatic neural growth. Artemin was recently shown to eliminate neuropathic pain and reverse neurochemical damage after nerve injury. The role of artemin and its receptor GFR alpha 3 was investigated in patients with chronic pancreatitis.