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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2011; 17(10): 1317-1325
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1317
Vigorous, but differential mononuclear cell response of cirrhotic patients to bacterial ligands
Varenka J Barbero-Becerra, María Concepción Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Carmen Maldonado-Bernal, Félix I Téllez-Avila, Roberto Alfaro-Lara, Florencia Vargas-Vorácková
Varenka J Barbero-Becerra, Félix I Téllez-Avila, Roberto Alfaro-Lara, Florencia Vargas-Vorácková, Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 Mexico City, México
Varenka J Barbero-Becerra, María Concepción Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Laboratorio de Fisiología Celular, División de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, 09340 Mexico City, México
Carmen Maldonado-Bernal, Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatría, CMN Siglo XXI, IMSS, 06720 Mexico City, México
Carmen Maldonado-Bernal, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Oncológicas, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, 06720, Mexico City, México
Author contributions: Barbero-Becerra VJ conducted the experiments and inflammatory-mediator determinations; Téllez-Avila FI selected the patients and obtained their blood samples; Alfaro-Lara R contributed with patient clinical data; Gutiérrez-Ruiz MC and Maldonado-Bernal C contributed equally to the experimental design; Vargas-Vorácková F designed the project and, together with Barbero-Becerra VJ analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Supported by a Grant from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología CONACyT-DAIC-48401-M, México
Correspondence to: Florencia Vargas-Vorácková, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 Mexico City, México.florencia.vargasv@quetzal.innsz.mx
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Received: August 11, 2010
Revised: November 3, 2010
Accepted: November 10, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
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