Intestinal IMINO transporter SIT1 is not expressed in human newborns

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The expression of amino acid transporters in small intestine epithelia of human newborns has not been studied yet. It is further not known whether the maturation of imino acid (proline) transport is delayed as in the kidney proximal tubule. The possibility to obtain small intestinal tissue from patients undergoing surgery for jejunal or ileal atresia during their first days after birth was used to address these...

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