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Prognostic roles of tetrahydroxy bile acids in infantile intrahepatic cholestasis.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Mar 2017
Lee Chee-Seng, Kimura Akihiko, Wu Jia-Feng, Ni Yen-Hsuan, Hsu Hong-Yuan, Chang Mei-Hwei, Nittono Hiroshi, Chen Huey-Ling
Abstract excerpt
Tetrahydroxy bile acids (THBAs) are hydrophilic and are present at minimal or undetectable levels in healthy human adults, but are present at high levels in bile salt export pump (abcb11)-knockout mice. The roles of THBAs in human cholestatic diseases are unclear. We aimed to investigate the presence of THBAs in patients with infantile intrahepatic cholestasis and its correlation with outcome. Urinary bile acids...
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