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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2009; 15(36): 4499-4510
Published online Sep 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4499
Published online Sep 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4499
Iron increases HMOX1 and decreases hepatitis C viral expression in HCV-expressing cells
Wei-Hong Hou, Jian-Yu Zheng, The Cannon Research Center and the Liver, Digestive Disease, and Metabolism Laboratory, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, 28203, United States; The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States
Lisa Rossi, Richard W Lambrecht, Department of Medicin e, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States
Ying Shan, Department of Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States
Herbert L Bonkovsky, The Cannon Research Center and the Liver, Digestive Disease, and Metabolism Laboratory, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, 28203, United States; The University of North Carolina, Charlotte 28223, United States; The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States; Departments of Medicine, and Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, United States; Department of Medicine of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States
Author contributions: Hou WH, Shan Y and Rossi L each contributed to the conception, experimentation and drafting of this paper; Zheng JY performed experiments as well as contributing to the drafting of the paper; Lambrecht RW and Bonkovsky HL were instrumental in the conception of the project and the drafting of the paper.
Supported by Grant (DK RO1 38825) and contracts (DK NO1 29236 and UO1 DK 06193) from the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK)
Correspondence to: Herbert L Bonkovsky, MD, Cannon Research Center, Suite 201, Carolinas Medical Center, 1542 Garden Terrace, Charlotte, NC 28203, United States. herbert.bonkovsky@carolinashealthcare.org
Telephone: +1-704-3553959 Fax: +1-704-3557648
Received: May 26, 2009
Revised: September 2, 2009
Accepted: September 9, 2009
Published online: September 28, 2009
Revised: September 2, 2009
Accepted: September 9, 2009
Published online: September 28, 2009
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