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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
Corticotropin-releasing factor secretion from dendritic cells stimulated by commensal bacteria
Mariko Hojo, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Harumi Tomeoku, Shigeo Koido, Daisuke Asaoka, Akihito Nagahara, Sumio Watanabe
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
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