Bile Acids and Salts

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Steroid acids and salts. The primary bile acids are derived from cholesterol in the liver and usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. The secondary bile acids are further modified by bacteria in the intestine. They play an important role in the digestion and absorption of fat. They have also been used pharmacologically, especially in the treatment of gallstones.

Descriptor ID	D001647
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.105
Concept/Terms	Bile Acids and Salts Bile Acids and Salts Bile Acids Bile Acids Acids, Bile Bile Salts Bile Salts Salts, Bile

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Bile Acids and Salts [D04.210.500.105]

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Bile Acids and Salts
Cholic Acids

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1

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Mohammed AD, Mohammed Z, Roland MM, Chatzistamou I, Jolly A, Schoettmer LM, Arroyo M, Kakar K, Tian Y, Patterson A, Nagarkatti M, Nagarkatti P, Kubinak JL. Defective humoral immunity disrupts bile acid homeostasis which promotes inflammatory disease of the small bowel. Nat Commun. 2022 01 26; 13(1):525.

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Mercer KE, Maurer A, Pack LM, Ono-Moore K, Spray BJ, Campbell C, Chandler CJ, Burnett D, Souza E, Casazza G, Keim N, Newman J, Hunter G, Fernadez J, Garvey WT, Harper ME, Hoppel C, Adams SH, Thyfault J. Exercise training and diet-induced weight loss increase markers of hepatic bile acid (BA) synthesis and reduce serum total BA concentrations in obese women. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2021 05 01; 320(5):E864-E873.

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Dutta AK, Boggs K, Khimji AK, Getachew Y, Wang Y, Kresge C, Rockey DC, Feranchak AP. Signaling through the interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 receptor complexes regulates cholangiocyte TMEM16A expression and biliary secretion. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2020 04 01; 318(4):G763-G771.

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Rahman MA, Jui MS, Bam M, Cha Y, Luat E, Alabresm A, Nagarkatti M, Decho AW, Tang C. Facial Amphiphilicity-Induced Polymer Nanostructures for Antimicrobial Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 May 13; 12(19):21221-21230.

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Erranz B, Miquel JF, Argraves WS, Barth JL, Pimentel F, Marzolo MP. Megalin and cubilin expression in gallbladder epithelium and regulation by bile acids. J Lipid Res. 2004 Dec; 45(12):2185-98.

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Klett EL, Lu K, Kosters A, Vink E, Lee MH, Altenburg M, Shefer S, Batta AK, Yu H, Chen J, Klein R, Looije N, Oude-Elferink R, Groen AK, Maeda N, Salen G, Patel SB. A mouse model of sitosterolemia: absence of Abcg8/sterolin-2 results in failure to secrete biliary cholesterol. BMC Med. 2004 Mar 24; 2:5.

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Singh I. Biochemistry of peroxisomes in health and disease. Mol Cell Biochem. 1997 Feb; 167(1-2):1-29.

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Radominska A, Little J, Pyrek JS, Drake RR, Igari Y, Fournel-Gigleux S, Magdalou J, Burchell B, Elbein AD, Siest G, et al. A novel UDP-Glc-specific glucosyltransferase catalyzing the biosynthesis of 6-O-glucosides of bile acids in human liver microsomes. J Biol Chem. 1993 Jul 15; 268(20):15127-35.

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