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Organic anion transporting polypeptide 2B1 is a high-affinity transporter for atorvastatin and is expressed in the human heart

DOI

214

Citations

28

References

2006

Year

Markus Grube, Kathleen Köck, Stefan Oswald, Katrin Draber, Konrad Meissner, Lothar Eckel, Michael Böhm, Stephan B. Felix, Silke Vogelgesang, Gabriele Jedlitschky
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Abstract

OATP2B1 is a high-affinity uptake transporter for atorvastatin and is expressed in the vascular endothelium of the human heart, suggesting its involvement in cardiac uptake of atorvastatin.

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