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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2010; 16(15): 1845-1853
Published online Apr 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i15.1845
Different profiles of cytokine expression during mild and severe acute pancreatitis
Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Nathalia Giese, Antanas Gulbinas, Thomas Giese, Pascal O Berberat, Juozas Pundzius, Giedrius Barauskas, Helmut Friess
Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Antanas Gulbinas, Laboratory for Research of Digestive System, Institute for Biomedical Research, Eiveniu Str. 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania
Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Antanas Gulbinas, Juozas Pundzius, Giedrius Barauskas, Department of Surgery, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu Str. 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania
Nathalia Giese, Department of Surgery, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Giese, Institute for Immunology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Pascal O Berberat, Helmut Friess, Department of Surgery, University of Technology Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
Author contributions: Dambrauskas Z, Berberat PO and Giese N designed the research; Barauskas G, Pundzius J and Friess H were involved in editing the manuscript; Dambrauskas Z, Giese N, Giese T and Gulbinas A performed the research; Dambrauskas Z and Gulbinas A analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Zilvinas Dambrauskas, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu Str. 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania. zilvinas.dambrauskas@gmail.com
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Received: November 30, 2009
Revised: January 2, 2010
Accepted: January 9, 2010
Published online: April 21, 2010
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