Age‐dependent glycosylation of the sodium taurocholate cotransporter polypeptide: From fetal to adult human livers
Camillo Sargiacomo, Hoda El‐Kehdy, Guillaume Pourcher, Bruno Stieger, Mustapha Najimi, Etienne Sokal – 6 April 2018 – Sodium taurocholate cotransporter polypeptide (NTCP), mainly expressed on the sinusoidal membrane of hepatocytes, is one of the major transporters responsible for liver bile acid (BA) re‐uptake. NTCP transports conjugated BA from the blood into hepatocytes and is crucial for correct enterohepatic circulation. Studies have shown that insufficient hepatic clearance of BA correlates with elevated serum BA in infants younger than 1 year of age.