New research reveals that specialized gut bacteria convert bile acids into powerful healing compounds, offering hope for ...

Synthesized in the liver, bile acids play diverse roles in digestion and metabolism. However, when their processes are disrupted, disease can occur. Scientists seek advanced technologies to better ...

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study sheds light on changes to the fetus's bile acid, which affects ...

A research team has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation. A study shows that the semi-synthetic bile acid NorUDCA inhibits in the intestine the formation of ...

Intestinal detoxification receptors and the VDR share ligands and target genes. It has been shown that primary bile acids are capable of inducing cathelicidin gene expression in biliary epithelial ...

Maternal diet, excess bile acid and liver disease - Moms who eat a high-fat, high-sugar diet during pregnancy can increase ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has made further progress in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.

(A) ABC transporters: The normal functioning of ABCG8/ABCG5, ABCB4, and ABCB11 enables the transport of cholesterol, bile acids, and lipids into bile (left). Mutations in any of these result in ...

The drug replaces deficiencies in bile acids, minimising abnormal cholesterol ... P450 family 27 subfamily A member 1 ...

The high-fat diet also led to changes in how some liver genes worked, particularly those related to bile acid processing.

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study published in the journal Liver International sheds light on ...