Asymmetric distribution of phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin between micellar and vesicular phases: potential implications for canalicular bile formation1

Both phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM) are the major phospholipids in the outer leaflet of the hepatocyte canalicular membrane. Yet, the phospholipids secreted into bile consist principally (>95%) of PC. In order to understand the physical–chemical basis for preferential biliary PC...

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Main Authors: Erik R.M. Eckhardt, Antonio Moschetta, Willem Renooij, Soenita S. Goerdayal, Gerard P. van Berge-Henegouwen, Karel J. van Erpecum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1999-11-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520324263