Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2011; 17(12): 1584-1593
Published online Mar 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i12.1584
Over-starvation aggravates intestinal injury and promotes bacterial and endotoxin translocation under high-altitude hypoxic environment
Qi-Quan Zhou, Ding-Zhou Yang, Yong-Jun Luo, Su-Zhi Li, Fu-Yu Liu, Guan-Song Wang
Qi-Quan Zhou, Ding-Zhou Yang, Yong-Jun Luo, Department of High Altitude Disease, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
Qi-Quan Zhou, Fu-Yu Liu, Yong-Jun Luo, Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine, Ministry of Education, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
Ding-Zhou Yang, Su-Zhi Li, Research Center of Mountain Sickness, General Hospital of Tibetan Military Area Command, Lhasa 850007, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Guan-Song Wang, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China
Author contributions: Zhou QQ and Wang GS contributed equally to this work; Zhou QQ, Wang GS and Yang DZ provided the study concept and designed the research; Zhou QQ, Yang DZ, Luo YJ, Li SL, Liu FY and Wang GS performed the research; Zhou QQ, Yang DZ and Luo YJ provided the new reagents and analytic tools; Zhou QQ and Yang DZ analyzed and interpreted the data; Zhou QQ, Yang DZ and Luo YJ wrote the paper; Zhou QQ and Luo YJ drafted the manuscript.
Supported by Scientific and Technical Research Funds from Chinese PLA during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period, No. 2008G093; National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30900715; and National Science and Technology Ministry, No. 2009BAI85B03
Correspondence to: Qi-Quan Zhou, MD, Professor, Department of High Altitude Disease, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China. zhouqq9918@yahoo.com.cn
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Received: November 4, 2010
Revised: February 15, 2011
Accepted: February 22, 2011
Published online: March 28, 2011
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