SLC10A2 and necrotizing enterocolitis: In addition, the increased expression of the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) in the terminal ileum, a protein involved in the uptake of conjugated BAs into the enterocytes, was reported in preterm infants with NEC and in an experimental NEC model with rodents which correlated with the location of intestinal damage, suggesting increased BAs uptake by enterocytes [13,14].