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World J Hepatol. Oct 27, 2013; 5(10): 541-549
Published online Oct 27, 2013. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v5.i10.541
Cytoprotective role of heme oxygenase-1 and heme degradation derived end products in liver injury
Clarice Silvia Taemi Origassa, Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara
Clarice Silvia Taemi Origassa, Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Nephrology Division, Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo, 04039-032 São Paulo, Brazil
Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Science IV, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil
Author contributions: Origassa CST and Camara NOS wrote the manuscript.
Supported by Brazilian Foundation-FAPESP (Fundação de apoio à pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo), No. 07/07139-3, 10/02024-6 and CNPq
Correspondence to: Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, MD, Full Professor and Head of the Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Science IV, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Prof Lineu Prestes, 1730, 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil. niels@icb.usp.br
Telephone: +55-5511-30917388 Fax: +55-5511-30917224
Received: July 4, 2012
Revised: November 8, 2012
Accepted: November 25, 2012
Published online: October 27, 2013
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