Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2013; 19(20): 3027-3042
Published online May 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i20.3027
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the initial injury after hepatectomy in mice
Norifumi Ohashi, Tomohide Hori, Florence Chen, Sura Jermanus, Akimasa Nakao, Shinji Uemoto, Justin H Nguyen
Norifumi Ohashi, Akimasa Nakao, Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
Tomohide Hori, Shinji Uemoto, Divisions of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Florence Chen, Sura Jermanus, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
Justin H Nguyen, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
Author contributions: Nguyen JH designed this study; Ohashi N performed the surgery and the assays, wrote the initial draft, and performed statistical analysis; Hori T performed the additional surgeries for the second assays to confirm the initial results; Chen F and Jermanus S helped with the assays; Nguyen JH and Hori T contributed to further drafts; Nakao A, and Uemto S provided important advice for the research; Nguyen JH supervised the research.
Supported by Partially by Grants to Nguyen JH from the Deason Foundation (Sandra and Eugene Davenport, Mayo Clinic CD CRT-II), the AHA (0655589B) and NIH (R01NS051646-01A2); and the Grant to Hori T from the Uehara Memorial Foundation (200940051)
Correspondence to: Tomohide Hori, MD, PhD, Divisions of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoinkawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. horit@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Received: December 17, 2012
Revised: January 7, 2013
Accepted: February 5, 2013
Published online: May 28, 2013
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