"Pepsinogen A" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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This is one of 2 related pepsinogen systems in humans and is also known as pepsinogen. (The other is PEPSINOGEN C.) This includes isozymogens Pg1-Pg5 (pepsinogens 1-5, group I or products of PGA1-PGA5 genes). This is the main pepsinogen found in urine.
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D020116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.622.509.700
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| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pepsinogen A" by people in Profiles.
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Nasrollahzadeh D, Aghcheli K, Sotoudeh M, Shakeri R, Persson EC, Islami F, Kamangar F, Abnet CC, Boffetta P, Engstrand L, Dawsey SM, Malekzadeh R, Ye W. Accuracy and cut-off values of pepsinogens I, II and gastrin 17 for diagnosis of gastric fundic atrophy: influence of gastritis. PLoS One. 2011; 6(10):e26957.
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Murphy G, Kamangar F, Dawsey SM, Stanczyk FZ, Weinstein SJ, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, Abnet CC, Albanes D, Freedman ND. The relationship between serum ghrelin and the risk of gastric and esophagogastric junctional adenocarcinomas. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jul 20; 103(14):1123-9.
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Laiyemo AO, Kamangar F, Marcus PM, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, Albanes D, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Atrophic gastritis and the risk of incident colorectal cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Jan; 21(1):163-70.
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Laiyemo AO, Kamangar F, Marcus PM, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, Albanes D, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Serum pepsinogen level, atrophic gastritis and the risk of incident pancreatic cancer--a prospective cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 Nov; 33(5):368-73.
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Kamangar F, Diaw L, Wei WQ, Abnet CC, Wang GQ, Roth MJ, Liu B, Lu N, Giffen C, Qiao YL, Dawsey SM. Serum pepsinogens and risk of esophageal squamous dysplasia. Int J Cancer. 2009 Jan 15; 124(2):456-60.