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The membrane attack complex (C5b-9) in liver cold ischemia and reperfusion injury

  1. Constantino Fondevila1,2,
  2. Xiu-Da Shen1,
  3. Seiichiro Tsuchihashi1,
  4. Yoichiro Uchida1,
  5. Maria Cecilia Freitas1,
  6. Bibo Ke1,
  7. Ronald W. Busuttil1,
  8. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski1,†,*

Article first published online: 30 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1002/lt.21496

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Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 14, Issue 8, pages 1133–1141, August 2008

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Fondevila, C., Shen, X.-D., Tsuchihashi, S., Uchida, Y., Freitas, M. C., Ke, B., Busuttil, R. W. and Kupiec-Weglinski, J. W. (2008), The membrane attack complex (C5b-9) in liver cold ischemia and reperfusion injury. Liver Transpl, 14: 1133–1141. doi: 10.1002/lt.21496

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  1. 1

    Dumont–University of California at Los Angeles Transplant Center, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

  2. 2

    Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  1. †

    Telephone: 310-825-4196; FAX: 310-267-2358

*Dumont–University of California at Los Angeles Transplant Center, 77-120 CHS, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095

  1. †

    Telephone: 310-825-4196; FAX: 310-267-2358

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JUL 2008
  2. Article first published online: 30 JUL 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 FEB 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 20 SEP 2007

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: RO1 DK062357, AI23847, AI42223
  • Fulbright Foundation Award

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