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Mutations in Bile Salt Export Pump (ABCB11) in Two Children with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis and Cholangiocarcinoma

  • A. O. Scheimann
  • , S. S. Strautnieks
  • , A. S. Knisely
  • , J. A. Byrne
  • , R. J. Thompson
  • , M. J. Finegold

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Abstract

Fatal peripheral cholangiocarcinoma developed in 2 girls with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, ABCB11 mutations, and absent bile salt export pump (BSEP) expression. BSEP deficiency may cause cholangiocarcinoma through bile-composition shifts or bile-acid damage within cells capable of hepatocytic/cholangiocytic differentiation. This observation suggests the need for hepatobiliary-malignancy surveillance and early consideration for liver transplantation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)556-559
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Pediatrics
Volume150
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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