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Abstract
It is postulated that cholestasis associated with high estrogen levels found in women in various conditions, is due to alterations in structure and/or function of the system of actin microfilaments by estrogen-induced changes on expression of actin genes and/or some regulatory actin-binding protein genes. Because bile secretion by hepatocytes is apparently mediated by the microfilamentous system of actin, the proposed hormonally induced dysfunction of this system could be translated to cholestasis.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2190068 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(90)90066-n
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Hypotheses ISSN: 0306-9877 Impact factor: 1.538