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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2006; 12(47): 7666-7670
Published online Dec 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i47.7666
Blockade of high mobility group box-1 protein attenuates experimental severe acute pancreatitis
Hidehiro Sawa, Takashi Ueda, Yoshifumi Takeyama, Takeo Yasuda, Makoto Shinzeki, Takahiro Nakajima, Yoshikazu Kuroda
Hidehiro Sawa, Takashi Ueda, Takeo Yasuda, Makoto Shinzeki, Takahiro Nakajima, Yoshikazu Kuroda, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
Yoshifumi Takeyama, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama 589-8511, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan and from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan
Correspondence to: Hidehiro Sawa, Department of Gastroente-rological Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. hdhrsawa@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
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Received: October 17, 2006
Revised: November 10, 2006
Accepted: November 20, 2006
Published online: December 21, 2006
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