Tetrahydrobiopterin Supplementation: Elevation of Tissue Biopterin Levels Accompanied by a Relative Increase in Dihydrobiopterin in the Blood and the Role of Probenecid-Sensitive Uptake in Scavenging Dihydrobiopterin in the Liver and Kidney of Rats

• Akiko Ohashi ,

  * E-mail: oohashi.akiko@nihon-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-0760

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• Yusuke Saeki,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Teikyo University of Science and TechnologyUenohara, Yamanashi, Japan

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• Tomonori Harada,

  Affiliation Division of Anatomical Science, Department of Functional Morphology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masako Naito,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tomihisa Takahashi,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shin Aizawa,

  Affiliation Division of Anatomical Science, Department of Functional Morphology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Hasegawa

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Anatomical Science, Department of Functional Morphology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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