Biliary Proteins : Hepatology (original) (raw)

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1Liver Study Unit, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8056

*Address reprint requests to: Adrian Reuben, B.Sc, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P., Liver Study Unit, Room LMP 1080, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8056.

†Dr. Reuben is a recipient of U. S. Public Health Service Clinical Investigator Award 1-K08-AMO-1111.

Abstract

The study of biliary proteins has grown enormously in the last 10 years. Although much has been recently learned about the nature, origin and hepatobiliary transport of these proteins, little is known of their function in bile or their effect on its physical state. This review will focus on description of the proteins and mechanisms by which they are secreted into bile.