Possible Involvement of Hepatitis B Virus Infection of Hepatocytes in the Attenuation of Apoptosis in Hepatic Stellate Cells

• Reina Sasaki,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Tatsuo Kanda ,

  * E-mail: kandat@aol.com

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Masato Nakamura,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Shingo Nakamoto,

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan, Department of Molecular Virology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Yuki Haga,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Shuang Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Hiroshi Shirasawa,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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• Osamu Yokosuka

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan

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