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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2010; 16(27): 3411-3417
Published online Jul 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i27.3411
Pancreatic and pulmonary mast cells activation during experimental acute pancreatitis
Inmaculada Lopez-Font, Sabrina Gea-Sorlí, Enrique de-Madaria, Luis M Gutiérrez, Miguel Pérez-Mateo, Daniel Closa
Inmaculada Lopez-Font, Enrique de-Madaria, Miguel Pérez-Mateo, Gastroenterology Unit, University General Hospital, Alicante, 03010, Spain
Sabrina Gea-Sorlí, Daniel Closa, Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona-Spanish National Research Council (IIBB-CSIC), Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Biomedical Research Centre Network on Liver and Digestive Diseases, Barcelona (CIBEREHD), 08036, Spain
Luis M Gutiérrez, Neurosciences Institute, Miguel Hernandez University-Spanish National Research Council (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d’Alacant, Alicante, 03550, Spain
Miguel Pérez-Mateo, Miguel Hernandez University, School of Medicine, Elche, 03202, Spain
Author contributions: Lopez-Font I and Gea-Sorlí S contributed equally to this work and carried out the majority of experiments; Pérez-Mateo M, de-Madaria E, Gutiérrez LM and Closa D designed the study; de-Madaria E and Closa D wrote the manuscript.
Supported by The Project SAF2006-08449 and a grant from Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital General Universitario de Alicante; Inmaculada Lopez-Font has a Juan de la Cierva contract supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Correspondence to: Dr. Daniel Closa, Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona-Spanish National Research Council (IIBB-CSIC), Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Biomedical Research Centre Network on Liver and Digestive Diseases, Barcelona (CIBEREHD), c/ Rosselló 161, 7º, Barcelona 08036, Spain. dclbam@iibb.csic.es
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Received: January 13, 2010
Revised: March 25, 2010
Accepted: April 1, 2010
Published online: July 21, 2010
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