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Mol Genet Metab
December 2005
Department of Biosciences, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Uenohara, Yamanashi 409-0193, Japan.
Cells in target organs such as liver do not generally incorporate tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) in its fully reduced form. Instead, they transiently take up BH4 from the extracellular fluid, instantaneously oxidize it and then expel virtually all of it. However, a small but stable accumulation of BH4 was observed after BH4 administration to the cell cultures.
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