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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2011; 17(35): 4017-4022
Published online Sep 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i35.4017
Published online Sep 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i35.4017
Corticotropin-releasing factor secretion from dendritic cells stimulated by commensal bacteria
Mariko Hojo, Daisuke Asaoka, Akihito Nagahara, Sumio Watanabe, Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
Toshifumi Ohkusa, Harumi Tomeoku, Shigeo Koido, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba 277-8567, Japan
Author contributions: Hojo M and Tomeoku H contributed equally to this work; Hojo M, Ohkusa T and Watanabe S designed the research; Hojo M, Tomeoku H, Koido S, Asaoka D and Nagahara A performed the research; and Hojo M and Ohkusa T wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants in Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, No. 17590679
Correspondence to: Toshifumi Ohkusa, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba 277-8567, Japan. ohkusa@jikei.ac.jp
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Received: December 24, 2010
Revised: February 11, 2011
Accepted: February 18, 2011
Published online: September 21, 2011
Revised: February 11, 2011
Accepted: February 18, 2011
Published online: September 21, 2011
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