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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5021-5027
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5021
Administration of granulocyte colony stimulating factor after liver transplantation leads to an increased incidence and severity of ischemic biliary lesions in the rat model
Uta Dahmen, Christoph E Broelsch, Yan Li Gu, Yuan Ji, Haidong Chi, Olaf Dirsch
Olaf Dirsch, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann Strasse 9, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
Haidong Chi, Yuan Ji, Yan Li Gu, Christoph E Broelsch, Uta Dahmen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KFO 117/1) and the IFORES Research Program, University Hospital Essen
Correspondence to: Dr. Uta Dahmen, MD, PhD, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45122, Essen, Germany. utadahmen@uni-due.de
Telephone: +49-201-7231121
Received: March 1, 2006
Revised: March 20, 2006
Accepted: March 27, 2006
Published online: August 21, 2006
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