ATP8B1 gene expression is driven by a housekeeping-like promoter independent of bile acids and farnesoid X receptor.

BACKGROUND: Mutations in ATP8B1 gene were identified as a cause of low γ-glutamyltranspeptidase cholestasis with variable phenotype, ranging from Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis to Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis. However, only the coding region of ATP8B1 has been described....

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Main Authors: Dita Cebecauerová, Sandra S Strautnieks, Jane A Byrne, Milan Jirsa, Richard J Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3518472?pdf=render