Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2012; 18(42): 6076-6087
Published online Nov 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i42.6076
Galactosylated chitosan/5-fluorouracil nanoparticles inhibit mouse hepatic cancer growth and its side effects
Ming-Rong Cheng, Qing Li, Tao Wan, Bing He, Jiang Han, Hou-Xiang Chen, Feng-Xiao Yang, Wei Wang, Hong-Zhi Xu, Tao Ye, Bing-Bing Zha
Ming-Rong Cheng, Jiang Han, Wei Wang, Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Pudong New Area Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai 201318, China
Qing Li, Department of General Medicine, Pujiang Branch of Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Shanghai 201112, China
Tao Wan, Hou-Xiang Chen, Feng-Xiao Yang, Biomedical Materials and Engineering Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, China
Ming-Rong Cheng, Bing He, Hong-Zhi Xu, Tao Ye, Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, China
Bing-Bing Zha, Department of Endocrine, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, China
Author contributions: Cheng MR, Li Q and Wan T contributed equally to this work; Cheng MR and Wan T designed the research; He B, Han J, Chen HX, Yang XF and Wang W performed the research; Xu HZ, Ye T and Zha BB analyzed the data; Cheng MR, Li Q and Wan T wrote the manuscript; and Cheng MR and Wan T revised the manuscript.
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, No. 09ZR1424700 and 114119a4700; Minhang District Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, No. 2009MHZ085; and grants from Minhang District Public Health Bureau of Shanghai, No. 2009MW28
Correspondence to: Tao Wan, Associate Professor, Biomedical Materials and Engineering Center, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, China. wantao@whut.edu.cn
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Received: April 7, 2012
Revised: July 18, 2012
Accepted: July 28, 2012
Published online: November 14, 2012
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