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Cellular fibronectin stimulates hepatocytes to produce factors that promote alcohol-induced liver injury
Razia S Aziz-Seible, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985870 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5870, United States
Benita L McVicker, Kusum K Kharbanda, Carol A Casey, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985870 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5870, United States
Benita L McVicker, Kusum K Kharbanda, Carol A Casey, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986350 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6350, United States
Benita L McVicker, Kusum K Kharbanda, Carol A Casey, Liver Study Unit, Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, United States
Author contributions: Aziz-Seible RS performed the experiments, analyzed the data and prepared the manuscript; McVicker BL and Kharbanda KK contributed to the preparation of this manuscript; and Casey CA contributed to the analysis of the data and the preparation of the manuscript.
Supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Correspondence to: Carol A Casey, PhD, Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, The Liver Study Unit-Research Service (151), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, United States. ccasey@unmc.edu
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Received: October 14, 2010
Revised: December 29, 2010
Accepted: November 6, 2010
Published online: February 27, 2011
Revised: December 29, 2010
Accepted: November 6, 2010
Published online: February 27, 2011
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