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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2005; 11(39): 6176-6181
Published online Oct 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6176
Published online Oct 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i39.6176
Quantitative evaluation of long-term liver repopulation and the reconstitution of bile ductules after hepatocellular transplantation
Yun-Wen Zheng, Hideki Taniguchi, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Yun-Wen Zheng, Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
Hideki Taniguchi, Research Unit for Organ Regeneration, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the National Project for Realization of ‘regenerative Medicine’ and Grants-in-Aid (14207046, 12557096) for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan and a grant from MITSUBISHI Foundation
Correspondence to: Professor Hideki Taniguchi, MD, PhD, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yokohama City University, Fukuura 3-9, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. rtanigu@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
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Received: December 22, 2004
Revised: March 18, 2005
Accepted: March 21, 2005
Published online: October 21, 2005
Revised: March 18, 2005
Accepted: March 21, 2005
Published online: October 21, 2005
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