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The hepatic phosphatidylcholine transporter ABCB4 as modulator of glucose homeostasis.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Dec 2012
Hochrath Katrin, Krawczyk Marcin, Goebel Reinhild, Langhirt Miriam, Rathkolb Birgit, Micklich Kateryna, Rozman Jan, Horsch Marion, Beckers Johannes, Klingenspor Martin, Fuchs Helmut, Gailus-Durner Valérie, Wolf Eckhard, Acalovschi Monica, Volmer Dietrich A, Hrabě de Angelis Martin, Lammert Frank
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The hepatic phosphatidylcholine (PC) transporter ATP-binding cassette (ABC) B4 flops PC from hepatocytes into bile, and its dysfunction causes chronic cholestasis and fibrosis. Because a nuclear receptor-dependent PC pathway has been determined to exert antidiabetic effects, we now analyzed the r...
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