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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: AAPS J. 2020 Aug 17;22(5):111. doi: 10.1208/s12248-020-00469-6

Table VI:

Regional Expression of Clinically Significant Efflux and Uptake Transporters in the Intestine, Liver, Kidney and Brain

Transporter Type Transporter Intestinal Localization Hepatic Localization Renal Localization Brain Localization
Efflux BCRP Apical Bile Canaliculi Apical (Blood)
MDR1 (P-gp) Apical Bile Canaliculi Apical (Urine) Apical (Blood)
MRP2 Apical Bile Canaliculi Apical (Urine)
MRP3 Basolateral Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
THTR1 Basolateral Basolateral
BSEP Bile Canaliculi
MDR3 Bile Canaliculi
MATE1 Bile Canaliculi Apical (Urine)
MATE2-K Apical (Urine)
MRP4 Sinusoidal (Basolateral) Apical (Urine) Apical (Blood)
MRP6 Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
Uptake OATP2B1 Apical Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
ASBT Apical
MCT1 Apical
PEPT1/PEPT2 Apical Apical (Urine)
THTR2 Apical Apical (Urine)
OCT1 Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
OAT2 Sinusoidal (Basolateral) Basolateral
OAT7 Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
OATP1A2 Apical (Blood)
OATP1B1 Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
OATP1B3 Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
NTCP Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
OAT1/3 Basolateral
OATP4C1 Basolateral
OCT2 Basolateral
URAT1 Apical (Urine)
Bidirectional OSTα/β Basolateral Sinusoidal (Basolateral)
ENT1 Basolateral Bile Canaliculi Sinusoidal (Basolateral) Apical (Urine) Basolateral (Brain)
ENT2 Basolateral Sinusoidal (Basolateral) Basolateral Basolateral (Brain) Apical (Blood)
OAT4 Apical
OCTN1/2 Apical (Urine)