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The role of mdr2 in manganese-bilirubin induced cholestasis in mice.
Toxicology letters - 14 Mar 2004
Akoume Marie-Yvonne, Tuchweber Beatriz, Plaa Gabriel L, Yousef Ibrahim M
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of manganese-bilirubin (Mn-BR) induced cholestasis has only been studied in rats and is associated with alteration in the hepatic homeostasis of cholesterol and phospholipids. Multidrug resistance-2 (mdr2) transporter, which mediates excretion of these lipids, is suggested to be involved in this phenomenon. The present study was undertaken to examine if Mn-BR induced cholestasis is reproducible...
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