Taurine uptake across the human intestinal brush-border membrane is via two transporters: H+-coupled PAT1 (SLC36A1) and Na+- and Cl--dependent TauT (SLC6A6)

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-744

  Anderson, Catriona M H ^a   Howard, Alison ^a   Walters, Julian R F ^b   Ganapathy, Vadivel ^c   Thwaites, David T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BETA ALANINE; CHLORIDE ION; HYDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SLC36A1; SODIUM ION; TAURINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATB TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PAT 1 TRANSPORTER; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEN BOND; ILEUM; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; CACO 2 CELL LINE; DIETARY INTAKE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; OOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROVILLI; SYMPORTERS; TAURINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 60349087926     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.164228     Document Type: Article

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