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Drug transport by Organic Anion Transporters (OATs).
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Oct 2012
Burckhardt Gerhard
Abstract excerpt
Common to all so far functionally characterized Organic Anion Transporters (OATs) is their broad substrate specificity and their ability to exchange extracellular against intracellular organic anions. Many OATs occur in renal proximal tubules, the site of active drug secretion. Exceptions are murine Oat6 (nasal epithelium), human OAT7 (liver), and rat Oat8 (renal collecting ducts). In human kidneys, OAT1, OAT2,...
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