Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2010; 16(28): 3521-3528
Published online Jul 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i28.3521
Association of glypican-3 expression with growth signaling molecules in hepatocellular carcinoma
Noriyuki Akutsu, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Yoshiaki Arimura, Kohzoh Imai, Yasuhisa Shinomura
Noriyuki Akutsu, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Yoshiaki Arimura, Yasuhisa Shinomura, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan
Kohzoh Imai, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
Author contributions: Akutsu N and Yamamoto H designed the research; Akutsu N, Yamamoto H, Sasaki S, Taniguchi H and Arimura Y performed the research; Akutsu N, Yamamoto H, Imai K and Shinomura Y analyzed the data; Akutsu N, Yamamoto H and Shinomura Y wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (to Yamamoto H, Imai K and Shinomura Y) and Grants-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (to Yamamoto H)
Correspondence to: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, MD, FJSIM, PhD, First Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S.-1, W.-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan. h-yama@sapmed.ac.jp
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Received: January 25, 2010
Revised: April 6, 2010
Accepted: April 13, 2010
Published online: July 28, 2010
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