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. 2021 Jan 14;22(2):784. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020784
ABC ATP-binding cassette
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
AP-2 adaptor protein 2
ASCOM activating signal cointegrator-2-containing complex
BSEP (ABCB11) bile salt export pump
BRIC2 benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis type 2
CA cholic acid
cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CARM1 co-activator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1
CFTR (ABCC7) cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CDCA chenodeoxycholic acid
CM canalicular membrane
cPKC classical (Ca2+-dependent) protein kinase C
cryo-EM cryo electron microscopy
DCA deoxycholic acid
DILI drug-induced liver injury
ECL extracellular loop
Epac exchange protein directly activated by cAMP
ICL intracellular loop
ICP intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
ERAD Endoplasmic-reticulum-associated degradation
E17G estradiol 17 β-D-glucuronide
FXR (NR1H4) farnesoid X receptor
FXRE FXR response element
LKB1 liver kinase B1
LRH-1 (NR5A2) liver receptor homolog-1
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MRP3 (ABCC3) Multidrug-resistance-associated protein 3
MRP4 (ABCC4) Multidrug-resistance-associated protein 4
NASH non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NBD nucleotide-binding domain
NBS nucleotide-binding site
Nrf2 nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NTCP (SLC10A1) sodium taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide
OCA 6α-ethyl-CDCA (obeticholic acid)
4-PB 4-phenylbutyrate
PBC primary biliary cholangitis
PFIC2 progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2
PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PM plasma membrane
RXR retinoid X receptor
SRC2 steroid receptor co-activator 2
TCA taurocholic acid
TMD transmembrane domain
TUDCA tauroursodeoxycholic acid
UDCA ursodeoxycholic acid