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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2010; 16(2): 217-224
Published online Jan 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i2.217
Mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells in patients with liver cirrhosis
Ursula M Gehling, Marc Willems, Kathleen Schlagner, Ralf A Benndorf, Maura Dandri, Jörg Petersen, Martina Sterneck, Joerg-Matthias Pollok, Dieter K Hossfeld, Xavier Rogiers
Ursula M Gehling, Marc Willems, Martina Sterneck, Joerg-Matthias Pollok, Xavier Rogiers, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Kathleen Schlagner, Maura Dandri, Jörg Petersen, Dieter K Hossfeld, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Ralf A Benndorf, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Xavier Rogiers, Gent University Hospital and Medical School, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Author contributions: Gehling UM, Willems M and Rogiers X designed the study; Gehling UM and Schlagner K performed the research; Benndorf RA, Dandri M and Petersen J contributed to analysis and interpretation of the data; Sterneck M, Pollok JM and Hossfeld DK contributed to data acquisition; Gehling UM wrote the manuscript.
Supported by Grants from the Erich und Gertrud Roggenbuck Foundation, Hamburg and the Werner Otto Foundation, Hamburg
Correspondence to: Ursula M Gehling, MD, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. gehling@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Telephone: +49-40-428039586 Fax: +49-40-428035898
Received: November 9, 2009
Revised: November 27, 2009
Accepted: December 4, 2009
Published online: January 14, 2010
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