The role of bile pigments in health and disease: effects on cell signaling, cytotoxicity, and cytoprotection.

Front Pharmacol

Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Institute of Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel.

Published: October 2012

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