Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2012; 18(19): 2320-2333
Published online May 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i19.2320
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 contributes to parenchymal hemorrhage and necrosis in the remnant liver after extended hepatectomy in mice
Norifumi Ohashi, Tomohide Hori, Florence Chen, Sura Jermanus, Christopher B Eckman, Akimasa Nakao, Shinji Uemoto, Justin H Nguyen
Norifumi Ohashi, Akimasa Nakao, Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
Tomohide Hori, Shinji Uemoto, Divisions of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Florence Chen, Sura Jermanus, Christopher B Eckman, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
Justin H Nguyen, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, United States
Author contributions: Nguyen JH and Eckman CB designed the study; Ohashi N performed the surgery, the assays and the statistical analysis, and wrote the initial draft; Hori T performed the additional surgery for the second assays to confirm the initial results; Chen F and Jermanus S helped with the assays; Nguyen JH and Hori T contributed to further drafts; Nakao A and Uemoto S provided important advice for the research; Nguyen JH supervised the research.
Supported by Grants to Nguyen JH from the Deason Foundation, Sandra and Eugene Davenport, Mayo Clinic CD CRT-II, and from the National Institutes of Health, No. R01NS051646-01A2; a grant to Hori T from the Uehara Memorial Foundation, No. 200940051, Tokyo 171-0033, Japan
Correspondence to: Tomohide Hori, PhD, MD, Divisions of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Transplant and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoinkawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. horit@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Received: August 26, 2011
Revised: October 27, 2011
Accepted: February 27, 2012
Published online: May 21, 2012
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