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Cytoprotective Mechanism of the Novel Gastric Peptide BPC157 in Gastrointestinal Tract and Cultured Enteric Neurons and Glial Cells

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Acknowledgments

We appreciate very much the gift of BPC157 from Dr. Predrag Sikiric in Zagreb, Croatia. This work was supported by a JMEY International collaboration Grant (020002015).

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  1. Xi-Yu Wang, Meihua Qu and Rui Duan have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Basic and Clinical Medical Research Center, Jingmen First Hospital, Jingmen, 448004, China

    Xi-Yu Wang, Rui Duan, Junhua Li & Guo-Du Wang

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Surgery, Jingmen Second Hospital, Jingmen, 448004, China

    Dengping Shi, Ling Jin & Jinping Gao

  3. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Xi-Yu Wang & Guo-Du Wang

  4. School of Pharmacy, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261042, China

    Meihua Qu

  5. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Xi-Yu Wang, Jackie D. Wood & Guo-Du Wang

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Wang, XY., Qu, M., Duan, R. et al. Cytoprotective Mechanism of the Novel Gastric Peptide BPC157 in Gastrointestinal Tract and Cultured Enteric Neurons and Glial Cells. Neurosci. Bull. 35, 167–170 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0269-8

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