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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2010; 16(26): 3258-3266
Published online Jul 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i26.3258
CD74 is a survival receptor on colon epithelial cells
Nitsan Maharshak, Sivan Cohen, Frida Lantner, Gili Hart, Lin Leng, Richard Bucala, Idit Shachar
Nitsan Maharshak, Sivan Cohen, Frida Lantner, Gili Hart, Idit Shachar, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Nitsan Maharshak, Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Lin Leng, Richard Bucala, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, United States
Author contributions: Maharshak N and Cohen S contributed equally to this article; Maharshak N, Cohen S, Lantner F, Hart G and Shachar I designed the research; Maharshak N, Cohen S, Lantner F and Hart G performed the research; Maharshak N, Cohen S and Shachar I analyzed the data; Leng L and Bucala R contributed essential reagents; Maharshak N, Cohen S, Bucala R and Shachar I wrote the paper.
Supported by The Israel Science Foundation (Morasha), the Minerva foundation, the Israel Cancer Association, and the Moross institute
Correspondence to: Idit Shachar, PhD, Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. idit.shachar@weizmann.ac.il
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Received: November 10, 2009
Revised: January 24, 2010
Accepted: January 31, 2010
Published online: July 14, 2010
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