Article
Vps33b is crucial for structural and functional hepatocyte polarity.
Journal of hepatology - 1 May 2017
Hanley Joanna, Dhar Dipok Kumar, Mazzacuva Francesca, Fiadeiro Rebeca, Burden Jemima J, Lyne Anne-Marie, Smith Holly, Straatman-Iwanowska Anna, Banushi Blerida, Virasami Alex, Mills Kevin, Lemaigre Frédéric P, Knisely A S, Howe Steven, Sebire Neil, Waddington Simon N, Paulusma Coen C, Clayton Peter, Gissen Paul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: In the normal liver, hepatocytes form a uniquely polarised cell layer that enables movement of solutes from sinusoidal blood to canalicular bile. Whilst several cholestatic liver diseases with defects of hepatocyte polarity have been identified, the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis are not well defined. One example is arthrogryposis, renal dysfunction and cholestasis syndrome, which in most...
Topics
- Animals
- Arthrogryposis
- Bile Acids and Salts
- Cell Polarity
- Cholestasis
- Cholesterol
- Genetic Therapy
- Hepatocytes
- Liver
- Mice
