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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2011; 17(17): 2199-2205
Published online May 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i17.2199
Hepatotropic growth factors protect hepatocytes during inflammation by upregulation of antioxidative systems
Matthias Glanemann, Daniel Knobeloch, Sabrina Ehnert, Mihaela Culmes, Claudine Seeliger, Daniel Seehofer, Andreas K Nussler
Matthias Glanemann, Daniel Knobeloch, Daniel Seehofer, Department of General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Sabrina Ehnert, Mihaela Culmes, Claudine Seeliger, Andreas K Nussler, Department of Traumatology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
Author contributions: Glanemann M, Knobeloch D, Ehnert S and Nussler AK contributed equally to this work; Glanemann M, Knobeloch D, Ehnert S and Nussler AK designed the research and performed the experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Seehofer D performed the shift analysis; Culmes M and Seeliger C helped with data analysis and wrote parts of the paper.
Supported by The Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF - 01GN0984)
Correspondence to: Dr. Andreas K Nussler, Professor, Department of Traumatology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany. andreas.nuessler@googlemail.com
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Received: July 12, 2010
Revised: August 16, 2010
Accepted: August 23, 2010
Published online: May 7, 2011
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