From dried bear bile to molecular investigation: a systematic review of the effect of bile acids on cell apoptosis, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain, across …

F Huang, CM Pariante, A Borsini - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2022 - Elsevier
Bile acids, mainly ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and its conjugated species
glycoursodeoxycholic acid (GUDCA) and tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) have long …

Microglia centered pathogenesis in ALS: insights in cell interconnectivity

D Brites, AR Vaz - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common and most aggressive form of adult
motor neuron (MN) degeneration. The cause of the disease is still unknown, but some …

Glycoursodeoxycholic acid regulates bile acids level and alters gut microbiota and glycolipid metabolism to attenuate diabetes

B Chen, Y Bai, F Tong, J Yan, R Zhang, Y Zhong… - Gut …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Accumulating evidence suggests that the bile acid regulates type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
through gut microbiota-host interactions. However, the mechanisms underlying such …

Portosystemic shunt placement reveals blood signatures for the development of hepatic encephalopathy through mass spectrometry

AC Dantas Machado, SF Ramos, JM Gauglitz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Elective transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement can worsen
cognitive dysfunction in hepatic encephalopathy (HE) patients due to toxins, including …

Neuronal synapse formation induced by microglia and interleukin 10

SH Lim, E Park, B You, Y Jung, AR Park, SG Park… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Recently, it was found that microglia regulated synaptic remodeling of the developing brain,
but their mechanisms have not been well understood. In this study, the action of microglia on …

The gut microbial bile acid modulation and its relevance to digestive health and diseases

KA Fogelson, PC Dorrestein, A Zarrinpar, R Knight - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
The human gut microbiome has been linked to numerous digestive disorders, but its
metabolic products have been much less well characterized, in part due to the expense of …

Molecular physiology and pathophysiology of bilirubin handling by the blood, liver, intestine, and brain in the newborn

TWR Hansen, RJ Wong… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Bilirubin is the end product of heme catabolism formed during a process that involves
oxidation-reduction reactions and conserves iron body stores. Unconjugated …

Microglia change from a reactive to an age-like phenotype with the time in culture

C Caldeira, AF Oliveira, C Cunha, AR Vaz… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Age-related neurodegenerative diseases have been associated with chronic
neuroinflammation and microglia activation. However, cumulative evidence supports that …

Emerging role of miR-21-5p in neuron–glia dysregulation and exosome transfer using multiple models of Alzheimer's disease

G Garcia, S Pinto, S Ferreira, D Lopes, MJ Serrador… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with neuron–glia
dysfunction and dysregulated miRNAs. We previously reported upregulated miR-124/miR …

Bile acids in neurodegenerative disorders

HD Ackerman, GS Gerhard - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Bile acids, a structurally related group of molecules derived from cholesterol, have a long
history as therapeutic agents in medicine, from treatment for primarily ocular diseases in …