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Combination of ursodeoxycholic acid and glucocorticoids upregulates the AE2 alternate promoter in human liver cells.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2008
Arenas Fabián, Hervias Isabel, Uriz Miriam, Joplin Ruth, Prieto Jesús, Medina Juan F
Abstract excerpt
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic disease associated with autoimmune phenomena and alterations in both biliary bicarbonate excretion and expression of the bicarbonate carrier AE2. The bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid (UCDA) is currently used in treatment of cholestatic liver diseases and is the treatment of choice in PBC; however, a subset of PBC patients respond poorly to UDCA monotherapy. In these...
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