Attempts to induce hepatic uridine diphosphate glucuronyl transferase in genetically deficient Gunn rats by grafting of normal liver tissue.

Liver from normal Wistar rats was grafted into the liver of homozygous Gunn rats which are deficient in UDP glucuronyl transferase (UDPGT) (bilirubin) activity. After 3 months, UDPGT activity (bilirubin) remained absent in microsomal suspensions of liver from recipient rats and no bilirubin glucuronide was detected in their bile.