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Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date Collection: 2012
Publication date
(Electronic):
6
September
2012
Volume: 7
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e44138
Affiliations
[1
]Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
[2
]Department of Surgery, Pathology, and Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, Canada
[3
]Liver Transplant Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,
Transplantation Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
[4
]Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Medical Science, and Medical School of Nanchang University,
Nanchang, China
[5
]Medistem Laboratories, San Diego, USA
Duke University, United States of America
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have the following interests. Thomas E Ichim is employed by Medistem Laboratories.
There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This
does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data
and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Conceived and designed the experiments: NJ X. Zhang HW DQ VM GC WM. Performed the
experiments: NJ X. Zhang Z. Zheng DC KS. Wrote the paper: NJ X. Zhang TI DQ GC WM.
* These authors contribute to this work equally.
**
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. Wei-Ping Min (
weiping.min@
123456uwo.ca
), 339 Windermere Road, University Hospital C9-136, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada.
Tel: 519-663-2985, Fax: 519-663-3295.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-12-07078
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044138
PMC ID: 3435394
PubMed ID: 22970170
SO-VID: 3791ba55-d1db-4867-b16e-e41a8ff8412e
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2012
License:
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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History
Date
received
: 8
March
2012
Date
accepted
: 1
August
2012
Funding
This study was supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Canada, and a grant from National Nature Science Foundation of
China (No. 81160286). DC was supported by the CIHR Strategic Training Program in Cancer
Research. WM is a recipient of Department of Surgery Institute Scientist, University
of Western Ontario. NJ was supported by the grants from the Major State Basic Research
Development Program (973 Program) of China (No. 2009CB522404), National 12th Five-Year
Science and Technology Plan major projects of China (No. 2012ZX10002017-005). The
funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish,
or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Epigenetics
Subject:
RNA interference
Subject:
Gene Expression
Subject:
RNA interference
Subject:
Molecular Cell Biology
Subject:
Signal Transduction
Subject:
Signaling Cascades
Subject:
Apoptotic Signaling Cascade
Subject:
Signaling in Cellular Processes
Subject:
Apoptotic Signaling
Subject:
Materials Science
Subject:
Biomaterials
Subject:
Medicine
Subject:
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Subject:
Liver Diseases
Subject:
Acute Liver Failure
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Viral Diseases
Subject:
Hepatitis