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Genetic variants of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A genes are associated with disease presentation and outcome in primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2020
Weismüller Tobias J, Zhou Taotao, Kalthoff Sandra, Lenzen Henrike, Manns Michael P, Strassburg Christian P
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive cholestatic liver disease without a curative medical therapy. The human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases 1A play a major role in the detoxification and elimination of bilirubin, bile acids and xenobiotics. Whether genetic UGT1A variants determine course and outcome of PSC has not yet been described. METHODS: A large cohort of German PSC...
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