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Neonatal Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

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Conjugation<br />

Bilirubin Bilirubin dissociates from circulating albumin<br />

before its entry into the liver cell<br />

Bilirubin Bilirubin enters the liver by a process of carrier-<br />

mediated diffusion<br />

It It is carried by hepatic ligandin (Y protein) and Z<br />

protein<br />

Bilirubin Bilirubin is presumed to be transported from the<br />

liver cell membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum,<br />

the site of the conjugating enzyme uridine<br />

diphosphate glucuronyl transferase (UDPGT)<br />

After After conjugation, bilirubin is then excreted into<br />

bile in the intestine

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