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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
The plasma of Bolivian squirrel monkeys, unlike that of Brazilian squirrel monkeys, is markedly yellow due to unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia after an overnight fast. The fasting hyperbilirubinemia in Bolivian squirrel monkeys is likely due to two mechanisms. First, a twofold increase in the bilirubin turnover/production rate occurs during a 24-hour fast. A second mechanism is the decreased hepatic conjugation potential for bilirubin due to the presence of a higher bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UDPGAKm and a lower Vm; this results in higher steady-state plasma and hepatic bilirubin levels during a fast when hepatic UDP-glucuronic acid levels are low. The Bolivian squirrel monkey provides an excellent animal model for human Gilbert's syndrome type I in which to study rate-limiting mechanisms in the movement of bilirubin from plasma to bile.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0023-6764
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Fasting hyperbilirubinemia in normal squirrel monkeys.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of California, Davis 95616.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review