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We therefore examined choline\/phospholipid metabolism in livers of patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hepatic levels of m<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RNA<\/jats:styled-content> encoded by choline metabolism\u2010related genes in early stage <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients were quantified by real\u2010time <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RT<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>. Serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations in each lipoprotein compartment and serum\/tissue choline levels were also measured. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCT<\/jats:styled-content>1 expression was quantified by genotype (rs683369 and rs622342).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Serum choline concentrations were significantly higher in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients than in normal individuals, with the concentrations in the former lowered by treatment with fibrates. Hepatic choline levels were markedly lower in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients than in controls. The levels of expression of genes associated with choline uptake (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCT<\/jats:styled-content>1 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CTL<\/jats:styled-content>1), phosphatidylcholine synthesis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PEMT<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">BHMT<\/jats:styled-content>), and phosphatidylcholine transport (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MDR<\/jats:styled-content>3) were significantly upregulated in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> compared with control livers. Serum cholesterol concentrations and the cholesterol\/triglyceride ratio in serum very low density lipoprotein were markedly higher in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients than in controls. In <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> liver, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCT<\/jats:styled-content>1 protein levels were lower in patients with minor (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CG<\/jats:styled-content>\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GG<\/jats:styled-content> at rs683369 and\/or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CC<\/jats:styled-content> at rs622342) than major (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CC<\/jats:styled-content> at rs683369 and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> at rs622342) genotypes of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OCT<\/jats:styled-content>1 gene.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>During early stage <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content>, hepatocellular choline uptake and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PC<\/jats:styled-content> synthesis become 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