New insights into bile acid transport

Abstract
The enterohepatic circulation of bile acids is maintained by a series of membrane transport proteins. Recent studies of the cloned sodium bile acid cotransporters have provided new insights into their tissue expression, regulation, and their relationship to cholesterol homeostasis and human diseases such as primary bile acid malabsorption. Curr Opin Lipidol 9:225–229. © 1998 Lippincott–Raven Publishers