To investigate this, Thomas and colleagues developed a potent and selective semisynthetic GPBAR1 agonist — α-ethyl-23(S)-methyl-cholic acid (referred to as INT-777) — based on the human bile ...
In human bile, the main bile acids are cholic (a trihydroxy-bile acid) and chenodeoxycholic (a dihydroxy-bile acid). Deoxycholic acid appears to be a bacterial metabolite of cholic acid.
As well as having a role in lipid absorption, bile acids can act as endocrine-signaling molecules. With previous studies suggesting that bile acids operate as metabolic integrators, Watanabe et al.
AIM To synthesise fatty acid bile acid conjugates (FABACs) and study their effects on cholesterol crystallisation in bile in vitro and in vivo. METHODS FABACs were prepared by conjugation of cholic ...
Objective Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a multifactorial immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the intestine, comprising Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. By characterising metabolites ...