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Activity of the bile salt export pump (ABCB11) is critically dependent on canalicular membrane cholesterol content.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Apr 2009
Paulusma Coen C, de Waart D Rudi, Kunne Cindy, Mok Kam S, Elferink Ronald P J Oude
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in ATP8B1 cause severe inherited liver disease. The disease is characterized by impaired biliary bile salt excretion (cholestasis), but the mechanism whereby impaired ATP8B1 function results in cholestasis is poorly understood. ATP8B1 is a type 4 P-type ATPase and is a flippase for phosphatidylserine. Atp8b1-deficient mice display a dramatic increase in the biliary extraction of cholesterol from the...
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