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World J Biol Chem. Jul 26, 2012; 3(7): 159-166
Published online Jul 26, 2012. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v3.i7.159
Lipopolysaccharide triggers nuclear import of Lpcat1 to regulate inducible gene expression in lung epithelia
Bryon Ellis, Leah Kaercher, Courtney Snavely, Yutong Zhao, Chunbin Zou
Bryon Ellis, Leah Kaercher, Courtney Snavely, Yutong Zhao, Chunbin Zou, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Author contributions: Zou C conceived the idea, designed the experiments, conducted subcellular fractionation, analyzed the data, supervised the experiments, and wrote the paper; Ellis B, Kaercher L, and Snavely C performed QRT-PCR; Zhao Y designed the primers.
Supported by A United States National Institutes of Health R01 grant HL091916 to Zhao Y and an American Heart Association grant 12SDG12040330 to Zou C, in part
Correspondence to: Dr. Chunbin Zou, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, BST W1200, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States. zouc@upmc.edu
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Received: December 11, 2011
Revised: February 10, 2012
Accepted: February 17, 2012
Published online: July 26, 2012
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