Plasma L-Cystine/L-Glutamate Imbalance Increases Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha from CD14+ Circulating Monocytes in Patients with Advanced Cirrhosis

• Eiji Kakazu,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Ueno ,

  * E-mail: yueno@med.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Yasuteru Kondo,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Jun Inoue,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Masashi Ninomiya,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Osamu Kimura,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Yuta Wakui,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Koji Fukushima,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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• Keiichi Tamai,

  Affiliation Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan

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• Tooru Shimosegawa

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

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