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. 2017 Jul 6;4(1):1–4. doi: 10.2217/hep-2017-0008

Figure 1. . Wnt/β-catenin HCCs directly express FGF19 by gene amplification and indirectly as a result of a cholestatic phenotype.

Figure 1. 

One may speculate that the cholestasis results from repression or inhibition of the canalicular bile salt pump BSEP. FGF19 produced by these HCC cells may have a proproliferative effect on neighboring hepatocytes creating ‘drivers’ and ‘bystanders’.

BSEP: Bile salt export pump; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.