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Mutations in the nuclear bile acid receptor FXR cause progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Nature communications - 18 Feb 2016
Gomez-Ospina Natalia, Potter Carol J, Xiao Rui, Manickam Kandamurugu, Kim Mi-Sun, Kim Kang Ho, Shneider Benjamin L, Picarsic Jennifer L, Jacobson Theodora A, Zhang Jing, He Weimin, Liu Pengfei, Knisely A S, Finegold Milton J, Muzny Donna M, Boerwinkle Eric, Lupski James R, Plon Sharon E, Gibbs Richard A, Eng Christine M, Yang Yaping, Washington Gabriel C, Porteus Matthew H, Berquist William E, Kambham Neeraja, Singh Ravinder J, Xia Fan, Enns Gregory M, Moore David D
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal cholestasis is a potentially life-threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis. Mutations in several different genes can cause progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, but known genes cannot account for all familial cases. Here we report four individuals from two unrelated families with neonatal cholestasis and mutations in NR1H4, which encodes the farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a bile...
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