Molecular physiology of bile acid signaling in health, disease, and aging

A Perino, H Demagny… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Over the past two decades, bile acids (BAs) have become established as important
signaling molecules that enable fine-tuned inter-tissue communication from the liver, their …

Bile acid control of metabolism and inflammation in obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

O Chávez-Talavera, A Tailleux, P Lefebvre, B Staels - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Bile acids are signaling molecules that coordinately regulate metabolism and inflammation
via the nuclear farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and the Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 …

Bile acids and the gut microbiome

JM Ridlon, DJ Kang, PB Hylemon… - Current opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The host and microbiome appear to regulate bile acid pool size. The host produces a large,
conjugated hydrophilic bile acid pool, maintained through positive-feedback antagonism of …

Bile acids in glucose metabolism in health and disease

H Shapiro, AA Kolodziejczyk, D Halstuch… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - rupress.org
Bile acids (BAs) are cholesterol-derived metabolites that facilitate the intestinal absorption
and transport of dietary lipids. Recently, BAs also emerged as pivotal signaling molecules …

Intestinal transport and metabolism of bile acids

PA Dawson, SJ Karpen - Journal of lipid research, 2015 - ASBMB
In addition to their classical roles as detergents to aid in the process of digestion, bile acids
have been identified as important signaling molecules that function through various nuclear …

Molecular basis of bile acid-FXR-FGF15/19 signaling axis

T Katafuchi, M Makishima - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bile acids (BAs) are a group of amphiphilic molecules consisting of a rigid steroid core
attached to a hydroxyl group with a varying number, position, and orientation, and a …

Gut microbial bile acid metabolite skews macrophage polarization and contributes to high-fat diet-induced colonic inflammation

L Wang, Z Gong, X Zhang, F Zhu, Y Liu, C Jin, X Du… - Gut …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
High-fat diet (HFD) leads to systemic low-grade inflammation, which has been involved in
the pathogenesis of diverse metabolic and inflammatory diseases. Colon is thought to be the …

The biosynthesis, signaling, and neurological functions of bile acids

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 …

The role of the gut microbiota in health and cardiovascular diseases

L Wang, S Wang, Q Zhang, C He, C Fu, Q Wei - Molecular biomedicine, 2022 - Springer
The gut microbiota is critical to human health, such as digesting nutrients, forming the
intestinal epithelial barrier, regulating immune function, producing vitamins and hormones …

Molecular pathogenesis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

J Xiao, Z Li, Y Song, Y Sun, H Shi… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a pregnancy‐specific liver disease. The
maternal symptoms are characterized by skin pruritus and elevated bile acids, causing …