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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Sipa1l1 is an early biomarker of liver fibrosis in CCl₄-treated rats
Santiago Marfà, Manuel Morales-Ruiz, Denise Oró, Jordi Ribera, Guillermo Fernández-Varo, Wladimiro Jiménez

Biology Open 2016 5: 858-865; doi: 10.1242/bio.018887

Summary: Proteomic analysis of serum samples from fibrotic and cirrhotic rats revealed a reduction in SIPA1L1 concentration with potential use as a marker for early liver fibrosis diagnosis.
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Aberrant over-expression of TRPM7 ion channels in pancreatic cancer: required for cancer cell invasion and implicated in tumor growth and metastasis
Nelson S. Yee, Abid A. Kazi, Qin Li, Zhaohai Yang, Arthur Berg, Rosemary K. Yee

Biology Open 2015 4: 507-514; doi: 10.1242/bio.20137088