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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 162934, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/162934
Translocator Protein (18 kDa): A Promising Therapeutic Target and Diagnostic Tool for Cardiovascular Diseases
1Cell Metabolism Lab, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, 333 Nan Chen Road, Shanghai 200444, China
2Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China
3Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200065, China
Received 28 June 2012; Revised 22 October 2012; Accepted 4 November 2012
Academic Editor: Jose Magalhaes
Copyright © 2012 Xiaolong Qi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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