OCTN2-Mediated Acetyl-<span style="font-variant: small-caps">l</span>-Carnitine Transport in Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cells In Vitro

• Main Authors: Johanna J. Salomon (Author), Julia C. Gausterer (Author), Mohammed Ali Selo (Author), Ken-ichi Hosoya (Author), Hanno Huwer (Author), Nicole Schneider-Daum (Author), Claus-Michael Lehr (Author), Carsten Ehrhardt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The carnitine transporter OCTN2 is associated with asthma and other inflammatory diseases. The aims of this work were (i) to determine carnitine uptake into freshly isolated human alveolar type I (ATI)-like epithelial cells in primary culture, (ii) to compare the kinetics of carnitine uptake between...