Concise Review
Long Noncoding RNA H19: A Key Player in Liver Diseases
Yanyan Wang,
Phillip B. Hylemon,
Huiping Zhou,
Yanyan Wang
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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Huiping Zhou
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Search for more papers by this authorYanyan Wang,
Phillip B. Hylemon,
Huiping Zhou,
Yanyan Wang
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Search for more papers by this authorPhillip B. Hylemon
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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Huiping Zhou
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Virginia and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE AND REPRINT REQUESTS TO:
Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1220 East Broad Street, MMRB-5044
Richmond, VA 23298-0678
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Tel.: +1-804-828-6817
Search for more papers by this authorSupported by a VA Merit Award (I01BX004033), a Research Career Scientist Award (IK6BX004477); VA ShEEP grants (1IS1 BX004777-01 and 1IS1BX005517-01), and the National Institutes of Health (R01 DK104893, R01DK-057543, and 1R21 AA026629-01).
Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.
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