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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2005; 11(22): 3368-3374
Published online Jun 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i22.3368
Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate blocks PDGF-induced proliferation and migration of rat pancreatic stellate cells
Atsushi Masamune, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Masahiro Satoh, Noriaki Suzuki, Tooru Shimosegawa
Atsushi Masamune, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Masahiro Satoh, Noriaki Suzuki, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, No. 16590572, Pancreas Research Foundation of Japan, No. 01-01, and the Kanae Foundation for Life and Socio-Medical Science
Correspondence to: Dr. Atsushi Masamune, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-cyo, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. amasamune@int3.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: October 14, 2004
Revised: October 15, 2004
Accepted: November 19, 2004
Published online: June 14, 2005
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