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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2013; 19(5): 673-681
Published online Feb 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.673
Desferrioxamine in warm reperfusion media decreases liver injury aggravated by cold storage
Peter G Arthur, Xian-Wa Niu, Wen-Hua Huang, Bastiaan DeBoer, Ching Tat Lai, Enrico Rossi, John Joseph, Gary P Jeffrey
Peter G Arthur, Ching Tat Lai, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, the University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Xian-Wa Niu, Gary P Jeffrey, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, the University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Xian-Wa Niu, Gary P Jeffrey, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Wen-Hua Huang, WA Liver and Kidney Transplantation Services, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Bastiaan DeBoer, Division of Anatomical Pathology, PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Enrico Rossi, John Joseph, Department of Biochemistry, PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Author contributions: Arthur PG and Niu XW designed the study, analysed and interpreted the data, prepared and wrote the manuscript; Niu XW and Huang WH performed the experiments; DeBoer B, Joseph J and Rossi E analysed the samples; Lai CT provided statistical analysis of the data; Jeffrey GP oversaw the study.
Correspondence to: Dr. Xian-Wa Niu, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, the University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. xianwa.niu@uwa.edu.au
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Received: August 24, 2012
Revised: December 11, 2012
Accepted: December 20, 2012
Published online: February 7, 2013
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