The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1019-1025 , April 2010

Heat shock protein 27: Induction by gastroduodenal reflux in vivo and augmentation of human esophageal mucosal cell growth in vitro

Read at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 24–27, 2009.

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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 Supported by University of Colorado Academic Enrichment Funds.

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01562-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.066

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1019-1025 , April 2010