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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 14, 2009; 15(46): 5789-5798
Published online Dec 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5789
Published online Dec 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5789
Role of the receptor for advanced glycation end products in hepatic fibrosis
Christina Lohwasser, Yury Popov, Michael Bauer, Detlef Schuppan, Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054, Germany
Daniel Neureiter, Institute of Pathology, Paracelsus Private Medicine University, Salzburg, A-5020, Austria
Yury Popov, Detlef Schuppan, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Author contributions: Lohwasser C, Bauer M, Popov Y and Neureiter D performed the experiments; Schuppan D designed the study; Lohwasser C, Neureiter D and Schuppan D wrote the manuscript.
Supported by Grants from the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF, Project B39) and the Johannes and Frieda Marohn Foundation of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Correspondence to: Detlef Schuppan, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Dana 506, Boston, MA 02215, United States. dschuppa@bidmc.harvard.edu
Telephone: +1-617-6672371 Fax: +1-617-6672767
Received: July 25, 2009
Revised: October 1, 2009
Accepted: October 8, 2009
Published online: December 14, 2009
Revised: October 1, 2009
Accepted: October 8, 2009
Published online: December 14, 2009
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