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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2009; 15(31): 3865-3873
Published online Aug 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3865
Overexpression of β3/γ2 chains of laminin-5 and MMP7 in biliary cancer
Toshikuni Oka, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shigeru Sasaki, Masanori Ii, Keiichi Hizaki, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Yasushi Adachi, Kohzoh Imai, Yasuhisa Shinomura
Toshikuni Oka, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shigeru Sasaki, Masanori Ii, Keiichi Hizaki, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Yasushi Adachi, Yasuhisa Shinomura, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
Kohzoh Imai, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
Author contributions: Oka T and Yamamoto H designed the research; Oka T, Yamamoto H, Sasaki S, Ii M, Hizaki K, Taniguchi H and Adachi Y performed the research; Oka T, Yamamoto H, Imai K and Shinomura Y analyzed the data; Oka T, Yamamoto H and Shinomura Y wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, MD, FJSIM, PhD, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan. h-yama@sapmed.ac.jp
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Received: May 11, 2009
Revised: July 15, 2009
Accepted: July 22, 2009
Published online: August 21, 2009
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