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World J Hepatol. Oct 31, 2009; 1(1): 98-102
Published online Oct 31, 2009. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v1.i1.98
Partial blockage of hepatocyte maturation in hepatoma-derived growth factor transgenic mice
Hirayuki Enomoto, Hideji Nakamura, Naoko Komatsu-Kanatani, Yu Liu, Kenya Yoshida, Yorihide Okuda, Teruhisa Yamamoto, Weidong Liu, Shuhei Nishiguchi
Hirayuki Enomoto, Hideji Nakamura, Teruhisa Yamamoto, Weidong Liu, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Naoko Komatsu-Kanatani, Yu Liu, Kenya Yoshida, Yorihide Okuda, Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Author contributions: Enomoto H and Nakamura H designed the research; Enomoto H, Komatsu-Kanatani N, Liu Y, Yoshida K, Okuda Y, Yamamoto T, and Liu W performed the research; Enomoto H, Nakamura H, and Nishiguchi S analyzed the data; Enomoto H and Nakamura H wrote the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Hideji Nakamura, MD, PhD, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. nakamura@hyo-med.ac.jp
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Received: June 16, 2009
Revised: September 10, 2009
Accepted: September 17, 2009
Published online: October 31, 2009
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