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LXR alpha transactivates mouse organic solute transporter alpha and beta via IR-1 elements shared with FXR.
Pharmaceutical research - 1 Feb 2007
Okuwaki Masae, Takada Tappei, Iwayanagi Yuki, Koh Saori, Kariya Yoshiaki, Fujii Hiroshi, Suzuki Hiroshi
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PURPOSE: Recently identified organic solute transporter (Ost) alpha and beta are located on the basolateral membrane of enterocytes and may be responsible for the intestinal absorption of many substrates including bile acids. In the present study, the mechanism governing the transcriptional regulation of their expression was investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: To clarify the transcriptional regulation of Osts,...
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