Down-regulation of the organic cation tr
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Gerald U. Denk; Carol J. Soroka; Albert Mennone; Hermann Koepsell; Ulrich Beuers
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The liver plays a major role in biotransformation and elimination of various therapeutic agents and xenobiotics, many of which are organic cations and substrates of the organic cation transporter 1 (Oct1, Slc22a1). Oct1 is expressed at the basolateral membranes of hepatocytes and proximal renal tubu