Title |
Cholestasis induces reversible accumulation of periplakin in mouse liver
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Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-13-116 |
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Authors |
Shinji Ito, Junko Satoh, Tsutomu Matsubara, Yatrik M Shah, Sung-hoon Ahn, Cherie R Anderson, Weiwei Shan, Jeffrey M Peters, Frank J Gonzalez |
Abstract |
Periplakin (PPL) is a rod-shaped cytolinker protein thought to connect cellular adhesion junctional complexes to cytoskeletal filaments. PPL serves as a structural component of the cornified envelope in the skin and interacts with various types of proteins in cultured cells; its level decreases dramatically during tumorigenic progression in human epithelial tissues. Despite these intriguing observations, the physiological roles of PPL, especially in non-cutaneous tissues, are still largely unknown. Because we observed a marked fluctuation of PPL expression in mouse liver in association with the bile acid receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and cholestasis, we sought to characterize the role of PPL in the liver and determine its contributions to the etiology and pathogenesis of cholestasis. |
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