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Spontaneous cholecysto- and hepatolithiasis in Mdr2-/- mice: a model for low phospholipid-associated cholelithiasis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2004
Lammert Frank, Wang David Q-H, Hillebrandt Sonja, Geier Andreas, Fickert Peter, Trauner Michael, Matern Siegfried, Paigen Beverly, Carey Martin C
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Previously, we identified needle-like and filamentous, putatively "anhydrous" cholesterol crystallization in vitro at very low phospholipid concentrations in model and native biles. Our aim now was to address whether spontaneous gallstone formation occurs in Mdr2 (Abcb4) knockout mice that are characterized by phospholipid-deficient bile. Biliary phenotypes and cholesterol crystallization sequences in fresh...
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