Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1231-1237, December 2009

Endoscopic injection of skeletal muscle–derived cells augments gut smooth muscle sphincter function: implications for a novel therapeutic approach

Current affiliations: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (P.J.P.), Stanford University, Stanford, California, Department of Internal Medicine (I.A., M.-A. M.), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, and Cook Myosite (R.J.J.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 24 August 2008; accepted 1 May 2009. published online 03 August 2009.

Stanford, California, USA

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 DISCLOSURE: The following authors received research support for this study from Cook Myosite: P. J. Pasricha, I. Ahmed, R. J. Jankowski, M-A. Micci. In addition, the following author disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: R. J. Jankowski is an employee of Cook Myosite.

PII: S0016-5107(09)01916-6

doi:10.1016/j.gie.2009.05.014

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1231-1237, December 2009