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Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha regulation of bile acid and drug metabolism.
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology - 1 Feb 2009
Chiang John Y L
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The hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) is a liver-enriched nuclear receptor that plays a critical role in early morphogenesis, fetal liver development, liver differentiation and metabolism. Human HNF4alpha gene mutations cause maturity on-set diabetes of the young type 1, an autosomal dominant non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. HNF4alpha is an orphan nuclear receptor because of which the...
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