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HEPATOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages S75-S81Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20996
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK57933, DK24031] Funding Source: Medline
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The review focuses on the potential physiological and pathophysiological roles of aquaporins (AQPs), a family of water channel proteins, in the hepatobiliary system. Among 13 aquaporins (AQPO-AQP12) cloned in mammals, seven AQPs have been identified in the liver and biliary tree. Accumulating evidence suggests that AQPs are likely involved in canalicular and ductal bile secretion, gluconeogenesis and microbial infection and may have other novel roles that affect liver function.
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