Thalidomide Improves the Intestinal Mucosal Injury and Suppresses Mesenteric Angiogenesis and Vasodilatation by Down-Regulating Inflammasomes-Related Cascades in Cirrhotic Rats

• Tzu-Hao Li,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Chang Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ying-Ying Yang ,

  * E-mail: yangyy@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYY); hclin@vghtpe.gov.tw (HCL)

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kuei-Chuan Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shie-Liang Hsieh,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yun-Cheng Hsieh,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Lin Alan,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Han-Chieh Lin ,

  * E-mail: yangyy@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYY); hclin@vghtpe.gov.tw (HCL)

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shou-Dong Lee,

  Affiliation Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chang-Youh Tsai

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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