Chan Wai-Pong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-135). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- General review of pancreas --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Tissue RAS --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4 --- Hypoxia and RAS --- p.21 / Chapter 1.5 --- Pancreatitis and RAS --- p.25 / Chapter 1.6 --- Aim of study --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Method / Chapter 2.1 --- Experimental animals and rat models --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2 --- Immunohistochemistry --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3 --- Semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymase chain reaction (RT-PCR) --- p.37 / Chapter 2.4 --- Western blot analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5 --- "Standard curve, quantitative competitive RT-PCR (SC-QC-RT-PCR)" --- p.45 / Chapter 2.6 --- Data analysis --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Result / Chapter 3.1 --- Existence of a local RAS in the rat pancreas --- p.49 / Chapter 3.2 --- Effect of chronic hypoxia on RAS expression in neonatal rat --- p.59 / Chapter 3.3 --- Effect of chronic hypoxia on RAS expression in mature rat --- p.72 / Chapter 3.4 --- Effect of experimental pancreatitis on RAS expression --- p.86 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion / Chapter 4.1 --- Existence of a local RAS in the rat pancreas --- p.97 / Chapter 4.2 --- Regulation of pancreatic RAS by chronic hypoxia --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3 --- Regulation of pancreatic RAS by pancreatitis --- p.106 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.111 / Chapter 4.5 --- Further work --- p.112 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- References --- p.114
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323004 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Contributors | Chan, Wai-Pong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physiology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 135 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Page generated in 0.0017 seconds