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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2012; 18(9): 905-914
Published online Mar 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i9.905
Published online Mar 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i9.905
Low-dose steroid pretreatment ameliorates the transient impairment of liver regeneration
Toshihito Shibata, Toru Mizuguchi, Yukio Nakamura, Masaki Kawamoto, Makoto Meguro, Shigenori Ota, Koichi Hirata, Department of Surgery I, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan
Hidekazu Ooe, Toshihiro Mitaka, Department of Tissue Development and Regeneration, Molecular Pathophysiology, Frontier Medical Research Institute, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556, Japan
Author contributions: Mizuguchi T, Mitaka T and Hirata K designed the research; Shibata T, Nakamura Y and Ooe H performed the research; Kawamoto M, Ota S and Meguro M analyzed the data; Shibata T and Mizuguchi T wrote the paper.
Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, No. 23791489 (to Nakamura Y), No. 23591993 (to Mizuguchi T), No. 21390365 (to Mitaka T) and No. 22390259 (Hirata K); a grant from Yuasa memorial foundation (to Mizuguchi T)
Correspondence to: Toru Mizuguchi, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery I, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1, W-16, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan. tmizu@sapmed.ac.jp
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Received: July 4, 2011
Revised: September 16, 2011
Accepted: January 18, 2012
Published online: March 7, 2012
Revised: September 16, 2011
Accepted: January 18, 2012
Published online: March 7, 2012
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