Bile acids are a large family of atypical steroids which exert their functions by binding to a family of ubiquitous cell membrane and nuclear receptors. There are two main bile acid …
H Duboc, Y Taché, AF Hofmann - Digestive and Liver Disease, 2014 - Elsevier
The TGR5 receptor (or GP-BAR1, or M-BAR) was characterized ten years ago as the first identified G-coupled protein receptor specific for bile acids. TGR5 gene expression is widely …
Objective Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC). We aimed to investigate whether cigarette smoke promotes CRC by altering the gut microbiota and …
C Guo, WD Chen, YD Wang - Frontiers in physiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor, Gpbar1 (TGR5), is a member of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily. High levels of TGR5 mRNA were detected in several tissues …
Y Kiriyama, H Nochi - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bile acids (BA) are amphipathic steroid acids synthesized from cholesterol in the liver. They act as detergents to expedite the digestion and absorption of dietary lipids and lipophilic …
RAG Pushpass, S Alzoufairi, KG Jackson… - Nutrition Research …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Beneficial effects of probiotic, prebiotic and polyphenol-rich interventions on fasting lipid profiles have been reported, with changes in the gut microbiota composition believed to play …
JAR Salvador, JFS Carvalho, MAC Neves… - Natural product …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2012 Steroids, a widespread class of natural organic compounds occurring in animals, plants and fungi, have shown great therapeutic value for a broad array of …
M Reich, K Deutschmann, A Sommerfeld, C Klindt… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Cholestatic liver diseases in humans as well as bile acid (BA)-feeding and common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in rodents trigger hyperplasia of cholangiocytes within the …
Bile acids are natural detergents mainly involved in facilitating the absorption of dietary fat in the intestine. In addition to this absorptive function, bile acids are also essential in the …