Development of a Rat Sandwich-Cultured Hepatocytes Model Expressing Functional Human Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) 1B3: A Potential Screening Tool for Liver-Targeting Compounds
Purpose: Organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B3 transports many clinically important drugs, including statins, from blood into the liver. It exclusively expresses in human liver under normal physiological conditions. There is no rodent ortholog of human OATP1B3. Tissue targeting of therap...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/31818 |