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The “metabolic” hypothesis for PXE. ABCC6 is located in the baso-lateral membrane of the hepatocyte where it secretes a compound X into the blood circulation. X is desributed throughout the body via the circulation and hypothesised to counteract the ectopic peripheral calcification that occurs in PXE patients with non-functioning ABCC6.
