Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 1 , Pages 121-137, January 2005

Autocrine/paracrine regulation of the growth of the biliary tree by the neuroendocrine hormone serotonin

  • Marco Marzioni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Shannon Glaser

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research & Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Heather Francis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research & Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Luca Marucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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  • Antonio Benedetti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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  • Domenico Alvaro

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rome, “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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  • Silvia Taffetani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research & Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Yoshiyuki Ueno

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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  • Tania Roskams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphology and Molecular Pathology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Jo Lynne Phinizy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research & Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Juliet Venter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Giammarco Fava

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Gene D. LeSage

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
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  • Gianfranco Alpini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physiology, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, Texas
    • Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Gianfranco Alpini, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Physiology, The Texas A&M University System, Health Science Center, College of Medicine, and Central Texas Veterans HCS, MRB, 702 South West H.K. Dodgen Loop, Temple, Texas 76504. fax: (254) 724-5944

Received 2 January 2004; accepted 23 September 2004.

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 This work was supported by Grant MM06215421/2 from MURST 40% Progetto Nazionale 2000 (to D.A.); by a grant award from Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M University (to G.A.); by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant DK 54208 (to G.D.L.); by NIH Grant DK58411, a VA Research Scholar Award, and a VA Merit Award (to G.A.); by Grant-in-Aid 13670488 for Scientific Research (C) from JSPS (to Y.U.); and by Grant Award MURSTMM06215421 to the Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy.

PII: S0016-5085(04)01846-3

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2004.10.002

Gastroenterology
Volume 128, Issue 1 , Pages 121-137, January 2005

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