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The effect of ethanol on asialoglycoprotein receptor—mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by rat hepatocytes

  1. Benita L. McVicker,
  2. Dean J. Tuma,
  3. Jacy A. Kubik*,
  4. Agnes M. Hindemith,
  5. Cheryl R. Baldwin,
  6. Dr. Carol A. Casey

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360625

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1478–1487, December 2002

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McVicker, B. L., Tuma, D. J., Kubik, J. A., Hindemith, A. M., Baldwin, C. R. and Casey, C. A. (2002), The effect of ethanol on asialoglycoprotein receptor—mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by rat hepatocytes. Hepatology, 36: 1478–1487. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360625

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  1. Liver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

*Liver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Ave., Omaha, NE 68105. E-mail: ccasey@unmc.edu; fax: 402–449–0604

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 18 SEP 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 7 MAR 2002

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  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse. Grant Number: AA07846

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