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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2005; 11(32): 4931-4938
Published online Aug 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i32.4931
Published online Aug 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i32.4931
Thiazolidinedione treatment inhibits bile duct proliferation and fibrosis in a rat model of chronic cholestasis
Fabio Marra, Raffaella DeFranco, Eva Efsen, Sabrina Pastacaldi, Benedetta Lottini, Massimo Pinzani, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna and Center for Research, Transfer, and High Education ‘DENOTHE’, University of Florence, Italy
Gaia Robino, Erica Novo, Elena Zamara, Maurizio Parola, Dipartimento di Medicina e Oncologia Sperimentale, University of Turin, Italy
Alessandro Vercelli, Dipartimento di Anatomia, Farmacologia e Medicina Legale, University of Turin, Italy
Carlo Spirli, Mario Strazzabosco, Istituto Veneto di Medicina Molecolare, Padua, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Italian MIUR Grant, No. MM_06315722, by the University of Florence and by the Italian Liver Foundation. Eva Efsen was Supported in Part by the Tode Travel Grant, the Direktør Madsen’s Grant and Fhv. Direktør Nielsen’s Grant (Denmark)
Correspondence to: Professor Fabio Marra, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, Florence I-50134, Italy. f.marra@dmi.unifi.it
Telephone: +39-55-4296475 Fax: +39-55-417123
Received: October 16, 2004
Revised: December 20, 2004
Accepted: December 23, 2004
Published online: August 28, 2005
Revised: December 20, 2004
Accepted: December 23, 2004
Published online: August 28, 2005
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