The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1499-1507, June 2009

Keratinocyte growth factor accelerates compensatory growth in the remaining lung after trilobectomy in rats

  • Keitaro Matsumoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
    • Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Takeshi Nagayasu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Yoshitaka Hishikawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Tsutomu Tagawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Takatomo Yamayoshi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Takafumi Abo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Shuichi Tobinaga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Katsuro Furukawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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  • Takehiko Koji, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Takehiko Koji, PhD, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.

Received 2 March 2008; received in revised form 27 October 2008; accepted 22 November 2008. published online 31 March 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(08)02047-3

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.037

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1499-1507, June 2009

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