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Katsuya Yamada1, Daisuke Sato2, Takao Nakamura3

  • 1Department of Physiology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8562, Japan. kyamada@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.

The Journal of Physiological Sciences : JPS
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PubMed

Keywords:
5-Aminolevulinic acidBile ductCell cultureHemePolyunsaturated fatty acidSpheroid

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