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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 15, 2004; 10(16): 2344-2351
Published online Aug 15, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i16.2344
4-hydroxy-2, 3-nonenal activates activator protein-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases in rat pancreatic stellate cells
Kazuhiro Kikuta, Atsushi Masamune, Masahiro Satoh, Noriaki Suzuki, Tooru Shimosegawa
Kazuhiro Kikuta, Atsushi Masamune, Masahiro Satoh, Noriaki Suzuki, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (to A.M.), by Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan (to A.M.), and by the Kanae Foundation for Life and Socio-Medical Science (to A. M.)
Correspondence to: Atsushi Masamune, M. D., Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, FJapan. amasamune@int3.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: February 6, 2004
Revised: February 15, 2004
Accepted: February 21, 2004
Published online: August 15, 2004
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