Matrix metalloproteinases in the restorative proctocolectomy pouch of pediatric ulcerative colitis

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2012; 18(30): 4028-4036
Published online Aug 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i30.4028

Matrix metalloproteinases in the restorative proctocolectomy pouch of pediatric ulcerative colitis

Laura Mäkitalo, Maija Piekkala, Merja Ashorn, Mikko Pakarinen, Antti Koivusalo, Riitta Karikoski, Johanna Natunen, Ulpu Saarialho-Kere, Risto Rintala, Kaija-Leena Kolho

Laura Mäkitalo, Maija Piekkala, Mikko Pakarinen, Antti Koivusalo, Johanna Natunen, Risto Rintala, Kaija-Leena Kolho, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, FIN-00029 Helsinki, Finland

Merja Ashorn, Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Teiskontie 35, 33521 Tampere, Finland

Riitta Karikoski, Department of Pathology, HUSLAB, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 3, FI-00029 Helsinki, Finland

Ulpu Saarialho-Kere, Department of Clinical Science and Education and Section of Dermatology, Karolinska Institutet at Stockholm Söder Hospital, 11883 Stockholm, Sweden

Author contributions: Kolho KL and Saarialho-Kere U designed the study; Pakarinen M, Koivusalo A and Rintala R obtained the biopsies; Mäkitalo L, Piekkala M, Karikoski R and Saarialho-Kere U performed the histological analysis of samples; Mäkitalo L analyzed the data; Mäkitalo L, Piekkala M and Kolho KL prepared the manuscript; and all authors took part in the critical revision of the paper.

Supported by The Academy of Finland, Finska Läkaresällskapet, Helsinki University Central Hospital Research Fund, Finnish Cultural Foundation (to Mäkitalo L); Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation (to Mäkitalo L), Finland; the Swedish Research Council, Sweden (to Saarialho-Kere U); the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation (to Kolho KL); and the Finnish Pediatric Research Foundation (to Kolho KL)

Correspondence to: Laura Mäkitalo, MD, PhD, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, PO Box 281, FIN-00029 Helsinki, Finland. laura.makitalo@helsinki.fi

Telephone: +358-50-5418445 Fax: +358-9-47186478

Received: February 21, 2012
Revised: May 9, 2012
Accepted: May 13, 2012
Published online: August 14, 2012

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