TUDCA: An agonist of the bile acid receptor GPBAR1/TGR5 with anti‐inflammatory effects in microglial cells

N Yanguas‐Casás, MA Barreda‐Manso… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bile acids are steroid acids found in the bile of mammals. The bile acid conjugate
tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is neuroprotective in different animal models of stroke …

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid reduces glial cell activation in an animal model of acute neuroinflammation

N Yanguas-Casás, MA Barreda-Manso… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. The
bile acid conjugate tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is a neuroprotective agent in …

TGR5 agonist INT-777 alleviates inflammatory neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease mouse model by modulating mitochondrial dynamics in microglia

R Huang, Y Gao, J Chen, Q Duan, P He, J Zhang… - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common chronic progressive
neurodegenerative diseases that affects both motor and non-motor functions. Bile acids …

The G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor Gpbar1 (TGR5) inhibits gastric inflammation through antagonizing NF-κB signaling pathway

C Guo, H Qi, Y Yu, Q Zhang, J Su, D Yu… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Gpbar1 (TGR5), a membrane-bound bile acid receptor, is well-known for its roles in
regulation of energy homeostasis and glucose metabolism. Here, we show that mice lacking …

Bile acids attenuate PKM2 pathway activation in proinflammatory microglia

L Romero-Ramírez, C García-Rama, S Wu, J Mey - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate. Central nervous
system (CNS) pathologies, such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and ischemia, are accompanied …

TGR5 activation attenuates neuroinflammation via Pellino3 inhibition of caspase-8/NLRP3 after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

H Liang, N Matei, DW McBride, Y Xu, Z Zhou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor pyrin domain-
containing protein 3 (NLRP3) plays an important role in mediating inflammatory responses …

GPBAR1/TGR5 mediates bile acid-induced cytokine expression in murine Kupffer cells

G Lou, X Ma, X Fu, Z Meng, W Zhang, YD Wang… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
GPBAR1/TGR5 is a novel plasma membrane-bound G protein–coupled bile acid (BA)
receptor. BAs are known to induce the expression of inflammatory cytokines in the liver with …

[PDF][PDF] The G‐Protein‐coupled bile acid receptor, Gpbar1 (TGR5), negatively regulates hepatic inflammatory response through antagonizing nuclear factor kappa light …

YD Wang, WD Chen, D Yu, BM Forman… - Hepatology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Gpbar1 (TGR5), a membrane‐bound bile acid receptor, is well known for its roles in
regulation of energy homeostasis and glucose metabolism. TGR5 also displays strong …

Bile acid signaling in neurodegenerative and neurological disorders

SM Grant, S DeMorrow - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bile acids are commonly known as digestive agents for lipids. The mechanisms of bile acids
in the gastrointestinal track during normal physiological conditions as well as hepatic and …

Bile acid metabolism is altered in multiple sclerosis and supplementation ameliorates neuroinflammation

P Bhargava, MD Smith, L Mische… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the CNS. Bile acids are
cholesterol metabolites that can signal through receptors on cells throughout the body …