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Targeted disruption of the murine mucin gene 1 decreases susceptibility to cholesterol gallstone formation.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Mar 2004
Wang Helen H, Afdhal Nezam H, Gendler Sandra J, Wang David Q-H
Abstract excerpt
Gallbladder mucins play a critical role in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones because of their ability to bind biliary lipids and accelerate cholesterol crystallization. Mucin secretion and accumulation in the gallbladder is determined by multiple mucin genes. To study whether mucin gene 1 (Muc1) influences susceptibility to cholesterol cholelithiasis, we investigated male Muc1-deficient (Muc1(-/-)) and...
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