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ABCB4: Insights from pathobiology into therapy.
Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2014
Falguières Thomas, Aït-Slimane Tounsia, Housset Chantal, Maurice Michèle
Abstract excerpt
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette, sub-family B, member 4 (ABCB4), also called multidrug resistance 3 (MDR3), is a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter superfamily, which is localized at the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes, and mediates the translocation of phosphatidylcholine into bile. Phosphatidylcholine secretion is crucial to ensure solubilization of cholesterol into mixed micelles...
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