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Bile acids are reclaimed from the lumen of the intestine and returned to the liver via portal blood for reuse [ 1 ] . The recovery of bile acids from the intestine is an efficient process that involves both passive transport along the entire axis of the intestine, and active transport in the terminal ileum [ 5 ] . The apical sodium/bile acid co-transporter (asbt) mediates the active uptake of conjugated bile acids in the ileum [ 5 6 ] . In hepatocytes, both sodium-dependent and sodium-independent transport systems on the sinusoidal membranes extract bile acids from portal blood.
Transport of ions and small organic compounds into the acinar lumen will concentrate them in the seminal plasma.
Arterial dilatation is thought to be endothelial dependent [ 26 36 ] . Endothelial proliferation during the flow-induced arterial enlargement has been shown to be a characteristic event [ 2 ] . The vessel enlargement results in an increase in lumen surface area while endothelial cell proliferation assures a continuous cell lining throughout.
For example, deficiencies of various enzymes responsible for lipid metabolism result in lipid accumulation in lysosomal storage diseases such as Niemann-Pick and Gaucher diseases [ 2 ] . Alternatively, modulation of lysosomal lumen pH may alter membrane trafficking and associated metabolic processes.
The surface of the lumen of large vessels was subtracted from the total surface of the tissue section.