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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2012; 18(37): 5283-5288
Published online Oct 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i37.5283
Antifibrotic effect of N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline on bile duct ligation induced liver fibrosis in rats
Lei Zhang, Lei-Ming Xu, Yuan-Wen Chen, Qian-Wen Ni, Min Zhou, Chun-Ying Qu, Yi Zhang
Lei Zhang, Lei-Ming Xu, Yuan-Wen Chen, Qian-Wen Ni, Min Zhou, Chun-Ying Qu, Yi Zhang, Digestive Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200092, China
Author contributions: Zhang L, Xu LM, Chen YW designed research; Zhou M and Qu CY contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Zhang Y and Ni QW analyzed data; and Zhang L, Zhou M and Xu LM wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30971263 and No. 81170410 (to Chen YW); and Shanghai Pujiang Program, No. 10PJ1407600 (to Chen YW)
Correspondence to: Dr. Lei-Ming Xu, Chief Physician, Digestive Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200092, China. leiming.xu@yahoo.com.cn
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Received: March 20, 2012
Revised: June 11, 2012
Accepted: June 15, 2012
Published online: October 7, 2012
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