Induction of open-form bile canaliculus formation by hepatocytes for evaluation of biliary drug excretion

Abstract Biliary excretion is a major drug elimination pathway that affects their efficacy and safety. The currently available in vitro sandwich-cultured hepatocyte method is cumbersome because drugs accumulate in the closed bile canalicular lumen formed between hepatocytes and their amounts cannot...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Arakawa, Yuya Nakazono, Natsumi Matsuoka, Momoka Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Shirasaka, Atsushi Hirao, Ikumi Tamai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05216-z