Systemic PFOS and PFOA exposure and disturbed lipid homeostasis in humans: what do we know and what not?

S Fragki, H Dirven, T Fletcher… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Associations between per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and increased blood
lipids have been repeatedly observed in humans, but a causal relation has been debated …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models to study bile acid metabolism

J Li, PA Dawson - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of animal models, particularly genetically modified mice, continues to play a critical
role in studying the relationship between bile acid metabolism and human liver disease …

[HTML][HTML] Humanized mouse liver reveals endothelial control of essential hepatic metabolic functions

E Kaffe, M Roulis, J Zhao, R Qu, E Sefik, H Mirza… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Hepatocytes, the major metabolic hub of the body, execute functions that are human-
specific, altered in human disease, and currently thought to be regulated through endocrine …

Effect of different bile acids on the intestine through enterohepatic circulation based on FXR

J Xiang, Z Zhang, H Xie, C Zhang, Y Bai, H Cao… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a nuclear receptor for bile acids (BAs) that is widely
expressed in the intestine, liver and kidney. FXR has important regulatory impacts on a wide …

CRISPR-Cas9 Targeting of PCSK9 in Human Hepatocytes In Vivo—Brief Report

X Wang, A Raghavan, T Chen, L Qiao… - … , and vascular biology, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Although early proof-of-concept studies of somatic in vivo genome editing of the
mouse ortholog of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (Pcsk9) in mice have …

[PDF][PDF] Binding of hepatitis B virus to its cellular receptor alters the expression profile of genes of bile acid metabolism

N Oehler, T Volz, OD Bhadra, J Kah, L Allweiss… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been associated with alterations in lipid
metabolism. Moreover, the Na+‐taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) …

A drug screen using human iPSC-derived hepatocyte-like cells reveals cardiac glycosides as a potential treatment for hypercholesterolemia

MA Cayo, SK Mallanna, F Di Furio, R Jing, LB Tolliver… - Cell Stem Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Efforts to identify pharmaceuticals to treat heritable metabolic liver diseases have been
hampered by the lack of models. However, cells with hepatocyte characteristics can be …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive double humanization of both liver and hematopoiesis in FRGN mice

EM Wilson, J Bial, B Tarlow, G Bial, B Jensen… - Stem cell …, 2014 - Elsevier
Preclinical research in animals often fails to adequately predict the outcomes observed in
human patients. Chimeric animals bearing individual human tissues have been developed …

Fibroblast growth factor signaling controls liver size in mice with humanized livers

WE Naugler, BD Tarlow, LM Fedorov, M Taylor, C Pelz… - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The ratio of liver size to body weight (hepatostat) is tightly controlled, but
little is known about how the physiologic functions of the liver help determine its size. Livers …

Fibroblast growth factor 15/19 expression, regulation, and function: an overview

G Guthrie, C Vonderohe, D Burrin - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-19 over 20 years ago, our
understanding of the peptide and its role in human biology has moved forward significantly …