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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2005; 11(8): 1122-1130
Published online Feb 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i8.1122
Antidiabetic thiazolidinediones induce ductal differentiation but not apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells
Elisabetta Ceni, Tommaso Mello, Mirko Tarocchi, David W Crabb, Anna Caldini, Pietro Invernizzi, Calogero Surrenti, Stefano Milani, Andrea Galli
Elisabetta Ceni, Stefano Milani, Mirko Tarocchi, Calogero Surrenti, Andrea Galli, Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
David W Crabb, Departments of Medicine and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
Anna Caldini, Clinical Chemistry Laboratories, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
Pietro Invernizzi, Department of Medicine Ospedale San Paolo, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Tommaso Mello, Farmacogenomic Foundation FiorGen, Florence, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Andrea Galli, M.D., Ph.D., Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence, Viale Morgani 85, 50134 Firenze Italy. a.galli@dfc.unifi.it
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Received: July 9, 2004
Revised: July 12, 2004
Accepted: October 13, 2004
Published online: February 28, 2005
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