Bile acid synthesis in cultured human hepatocytes: Support for an alternative biosynthetic pathway to cholic acid

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1305-1312

  Axelson, Magnus ^a   Ellis, Ewa ^a   Mörk, Birgitta ^a   Garmark, Kristina ^a   Abrahamsson, Anna ^a   Björkhem, Ingemar ^a   Ericzon, Bo Göran ^a   Einarsson, Curt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; OXYSTEROL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034040296     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.7877     Document Type: Article

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