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Liver Biology/Pathobiology
An essential role for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in alcoholic liver injury: Regulation of proinflammatory cytokines and hepatic steatosis in mice†‡
Article first published online: 12 OCT 2011
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24599
Copyright © 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Mandrekar, P., Ambade, A., Lim, A., Szabo, G. and Catalano, D. (2011), An essential role for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in alcoholic liver injury: Regulation of proinflammatory cytokines and hepatic steatosis in mice. Hepatology, 54: 2185–2197. doi: 10.1002/hep.24599
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Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.
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This work was supported by PHS grant #AA017545 (to P.M.) and AA017986 (to P.M.) from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and by the resources of University of Massachusetts Medical School CFAR (grant 5P30 AI42845), and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NIAAA.
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 30 NOV 2011
- Article first published online: 12 OCT 2011
- Accepted manuscript online: 8 AUG 2011 10:25AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 26 JUL 2011
- Manuscript Received: 17 FEB 2011
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