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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2006; 12(22): 3523-3536
Published online Jun 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3523
Heterogeneity of the intrahepatic biliary epithelium
Shannon Glaser, Heather Francis, Sharon DeMorrow, Gene LeSage, Giammarco Fava, Marco Marzioni, Julie Venter, Gianfranco Alpini
Shannon Glaser, Department of Medicine, Division of Research and Education, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Heather Francis, Sharon DeMorrow, Division of Research and Education, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Gene LeSage, University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX. United States
Giammarco Fava, Marco Marzioni, Department of Gastroenterology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona”, Ancona, Italy
Julie Venter, Department of Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Gianfranco Alpini, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Systems Biology and Translational Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by a grant award from Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, a VA Merit Award, a VA Research Scholar Award and the NIH grants DK58411 and DK062975 to Dr. Alpini, by grant awards to Shannon Glaser and Heather Francis from Scott & White Hospital.
Correspondence to: Shannon Glaser, MS, Department of Medicine, Division of R&E, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, MRB, 702 South West H.K. Dodgen Loop, Temple, Texas 76504, United States. sglaser@neo.tamu.edu
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Received: January 22, 2006
Revised: May 10, 2006
Accepted: May 18, 2006
Published online: June 14, 2006
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