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Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, type 1, is associated with decreased farnesoid X receptor activity.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2004
Chen Frank, Ananthanarayanan M, Emre Sukru, Neimark Ezequiel, Bull Laura N, Knisely A S, Strautnieks Sandra S, Thompson Richard J, Magid Margret S, Gordon Ronald, Balasubramanian N, Suchy Frederick J, Shneider Benjamin L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The mechanisms by which mutations in the familial intrahepatic cholestasis-1 gene cause Byler's disease (progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1) are unknown. METHODS: Interactions among the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter, the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), and familial intrahepatic cholestasis-1 were studied in the ileum of children with progressive familial...
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