Onori P, Gaudio E, Franchitto A, Alpini G, Francis H. Histamine regulation of hyperplastic and neoplastic cell growth in cholangiocytes.
World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2010;
1:38-49. [PMID:
21607141 PMCID:
PMC3097946 DOI:
10.4291/wjgp.v1.i2.38]
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Abstract
Histamine has long been known to be involved in inflammatory events. The discovery of antihistamines dates back to the first half of the 20th century when a Swiss-Italian pharmacologist, Daniel Bovet began his work. In 1957 he was awarded a Nobel Prize for his production of antihistamines for allergy relief. Since that time, histamine has been found to play a role in other events besides allergic reaction. Possibly unbelievable to Bovet and his peers, histamine has now been marked as playing a role in liver pathologies including hepatobiliary diseases.
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