Bile acids as regulatory molecules and potential targets in metabolic diseases

A Xie, C Mai, YZ Zhu, XC Liu, Y Xie - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Bile acids are important hydroxylated steroids that are synthesized in the liver from
cholesterol for intestinal absorption of lipids and other fatty-nutrient. They also display …

[HTML][HTML] Bile acids initiate cholestatic liver injury by triggering a hepatocyte-specific inflammatory response

SY Cai, X Ouyang, Y Chen, CJ Soroka, J Wang… - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mechanisms of bile acid–induced (BA-induced) liver injury in cholestasis are controversial,
limiting development of new therapies. We examined how BAs initiate liver injury using …

Therapeutic targets for cholestatic liver injury

BL Woolbright, H Jaeschke - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cholestasis is a reduction in bile flow that occurs during numerous pathologies.
Blockage of the biliary tracts results in hepatic accumulation of bile acids or their conjugate …

Organochloride pesticides modulated gut microbiota and influenced bile acid metabolism in mice

Q Liu, W Shao, C Zhang, C Xu, Q Wang, H Liu… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) can persistently accumulate in body and threaten human
health. Bile acids and intestinal microbial metabolism have emerged as important signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive stages of mitochondrial destruction caused by cell toxic bile salts

S Schulz, S Schmitt, R Wimmer, M Aichler… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
The cell-toxic bile salt glycochenodeoxycholic acid (GCDCA) and taurochenodeoxycholic
acid (TCDCA) are responsible for hepatocyte demise in cholestatic liver diseases, while …

Dietary bile acids promote sterol metabolism, bile acids enterohepatic circulation, and apoptosis in juvenile Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

X Li, H Li, K Qu, Y Liu, S Chi, Q Yang, B Tan… - Animal Feed Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bile acids have an important role in the growth and sterol metabolism of shrimp. The aim of
this study was to elucidate the effects of bile acids supplementation in the low fishmeal diets …

Urolithin A, a pomegranate metabolite, protects pancreatic β cells from apoptosis by activating autophagy

YZ Zhang, Y Zhang, G Halemahebai, L Tian… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Urolithin A is an active metabolite of plant polyphenol
ellagic acid generated by intestinal flora, which is derived from strawberry or traditional anti …

Inflammation: Cause or consequence of chronic cholestatic liver injury

BL Woolbright - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cholestasis is a result of obstruction of the biliary tracts. It is a common cause of liver
pathology after exposure to toxic xenobiotics and during numerous other liver diseases …

Perinatal exposure to UDCA prevents neonatal cholestasis in Cyp2c70-/- mice with human-like bile acids

HD De Vries, A Palmiotti, R Li, MV Hovingh… - Pediatric …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background Cyp2c70-/-mice with a human-like bile acid (BA) composition display
features of neonatal cholestasis. We assessed whether perinatal ursodeoxycholic acid …

CYP2E1-dependent elevation of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and hepatic bile acids by isoniazid

J Cheng, KW Krausz, F Li, X Ma, FJ Gonzalez - Toxicology and applied …, 2013 - Elsevier
Isoniazid is the first-line medication in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. Isoniazid
is known to have a biphasic effect on the inhibition–induction of CYP2E1 and is also …