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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2005; 11(39): 6144-6151
Published online Oct 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6144
Endothelin-1 stimulates contraction and migration of rat pancreatic stellate cells
Tooru Shimosegawa, Kennichi Satoh, Noriaki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Masahiro Satoh, Atsushi Masamune
Atsushi Masamune, Masahiro Satoh, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Noriaki Suzuki, Kennichi Satoh, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 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, No. 16590572 (to AM.), by Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan, No. 01-01 (to AM.), by the Kanae Foundation for Life and Socio-Medical Science (to AM), and by the Uehara Memorial Foundation (to AM)}
Correspondence to: Dr. Atsushi Masamune, Division of Gastro-enterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574,Japan.amasamune@int3.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: December 19, 2004
Revised: February 15, 2005
Accepted: February 18, 2005
Published online: October 21, 2005
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