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BSEP and MDR3 haplotype structure in healthy Caucasians, primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2004
Pauli-Magnus Christiane, Kerb Reinhold, Fattinger Karin, Lang Thomas, Anwald Birgit, Kullak-Ublick Gerd A, Beuers Ulrich, Meier Peter J
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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are characterized by a cholestatic pattern of liver damage, also observed in hereditary or acquired dysfunction of the canalicular membrane transporters bile salt export pump (BSEP, ABCB11) and multidrug resistance protein type 3 (MDR3, ABCB4). Controversy exists whether a genetically determined dysfunction of BSEP and MDR3 plays a...
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