Are Interstitial Cells of Cajal Involved in Mechanical Stress-Induced Gene Expression and Impairment of Smooth Muscle Contractility in Bowel Obstruction?

• Chester C. Wu,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• You-Min Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Jerry Gao,

  Affiliation Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• John H. Winston,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Leo K. Cheng,

  Affiliations Auckland Bioengineering Institute, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Depertment of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Xuan-Zheng Shi

  * E-mail: xushi@utmb.edu

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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