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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2013; 19(29): 4638-4650
Published online Aug 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4638
Strategies to rescue steatotic livers before transplantation in clinical and experimental studies
Qiang Liu, Maria-Louisa Izamis, Hongzhi Xu, Tim Berendsen, Martin Yarmush, Korkut Uygun
Qiang Liu, Maria-Louisa Izamis, Hongzhi Xu, Tim Berendsen, Martin Yarmush, Korkut Uygun, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States
Martin Yarmush, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
Author contributions: Liu Q, Izamis ML, Xu H, Berendsen T, Yarmush M and Uygun K contributed to collect literatures and write the paper.
Supported by Grants from the United States National Institutes of Health, R01DK59766 to Yarmush M; R00DK080942 and R01DK096075 to Uygun K
Correspondence to: Martin Yarmush, MD, PhD, Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States. ireis@sbi.org
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Received: October 19, 2012
Revised: December 10, 2012
Accepted: December 15, 2012
Published online: August 7, 2013
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