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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2008; 14(28): 4551-4557
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4551
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4551
Programmed death-1 expression is associated with the disease status in hepatitis B virus infection
Pian Ye, Zhi-Hong Weng, Shu-Ling Zhang, Jian-Ao Zhang, Lei Zhao, Sheng-Hua Jie, Ran Pang, Department of Hepatology and Infectious Disease, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Ji-Hua Dong, Centralab, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Rong-Hua Wei, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
Author contributions: Ye P and Weng ZH contributed equally to this work; Weng ZH, Zhang SL and Ye P designed research; Ye P performed research; Zhang SL, Dong JH and Jie SH supervised the project; Zhang JA performed ELISA; Wei RH and Pang R performed real-time PCR; Ye P and Zhao L analyzed results; Ye P wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Shu-Ling Zhang, Department of Hepatology and Infectious Disease, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China. yp_breezy@yahoo.com.cn
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Received: May 19, 2008
Revised: July 16, 2008
Accepted: July 23, 2008
Published online: July 28, 2008
Revised: July 16, 2008
Accepted: July 23, 2008
Published online: July 28, 2008
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