Our gut is a bustling hub of activity, home to trillions of microbes that work together with our bodies to keep us healthy. A recent study explores one fascinating aspect of this partnership: how gut ...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Cholesterol gall stones are a frequent disease for which at present surgery is the usual therapy. Despite the importance of bile acids it has become evident that phospholipids are the main ...

Salk scientists discover that removing bile acid-creating protein BAAT and adding bile acid UDCA controls tumor growth in mice with liver cancer; UDCA dietary supplements may be quick solution to ...

Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar 382426, India ...

They found that those who lost protection also had generally higher levels of bile acids. However, those with remission had higher levels of two specific bile acids, known as lithocholates.

A recent study explores one fascinating aspect of this partnership: how gut bacteria team up with the host body to regulate bile acids, essential molecules that control digestion, cholesterol ...

Bile acid metabolism was investigated in 10 patients after cholecystectomy, 10 gallstone patients, and 10 control subjects. Diurnal variations of serum levels of cholic and chenodeoxycholic acid ...

Bile acids help the digestive system break down ... Thompson Institute and a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.

All procedures carried out in this experiment were reviewed and approved by the Animal Protocol Review Committee of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. The experiment was conducted at the ...