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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2008; 14(39): 5996-6003
Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5996
Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5996
Dietary glycine blunts liver injury after bile duct ligation in rats
Matthias Froh, Peter Walbrun, Susanne Netter, Reiner Wiest, Erwin Gäbele, Claus Hellerbrand, Jürgen Schölmerich, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93042, Germany
Matthias Froh, Zhi Zhong, Mark Lehnert, Lars Conzelmann, Erwin Gäbele, Ronald G Thurman, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
Zhi Zhong, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, United States
Mark Lehnert, Department of Surgery, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany
Lars Conzelmann, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
Author contributions: Froh M, Zhong Z, Schölmerich J and Thurman RG designed research; Froh M, Zhong Z, Walbrun P, Lehnert M and Netter S performed research; Froh M, Zhong Z, Conzelmann L and Gäbele E analyzed data; and Froh M, Hellerbrand C and Schölmerich J wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, No. FR 1644/4-1
Correspondence to: Matthias Froh, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93042, Germany. froh.science@mac.com
Telephone: +49-941-9447012 Fax: +49-941-9447011
Received: January 5, 2008
Revised: July 13, 2008
Accepted: July 20, 2008
Published online: October 21, 2008
Revised: July 13, 2008
Accepted: July 20, 2008
Published online: October 21, 2008
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