Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2010; 16(19): 2362-2370
Published online May 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i19.2362
Dicoumarol enhances gemcitabine-induced cytotoxicity in high NQO1-expressing cholangiocarcinoma cells
Benjaporn Buranrat, Auemduan Prawan, Upa Kukongviriyapan, Sarinya Kongpetch, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan
Benjaporn Buranrat, Auemduan Prawan, Sarinya Kongpetch, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, and Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Upa Kukongviriyapan, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Author contributions: Buranrat B, Prawan A and Kukongviriyapan V designed the research; Buranrat B and Kongpetch S performed the research; Buranrat B, Prawan A, Kukongviriyapan U, Kongpetch S and Kukongviriyapan V analyzed the data; Buranrat B and Kukongviriyapan V wrote the paper; all authors gave final approval of the manuscript.
Supported by Thailand Research Fund, National Science and Technology Development Agency, research funding from Khon Kaen University; the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program (to Kongpetch S); the Office of the Commission on Higher Education (to Buranrat B)
Correspondence to: Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. veerapol@kku.ac.th
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Received: January 29, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2010
Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published online: May 21, 2010
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