"Bile Acids and Salts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D001647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.105
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bile Acids and Salts" by people in Profiles.
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Phase I trial comparing bile acid and short-chain fatty acid alterations in stool collected from human subjects treated with omadacycline or vancomycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Feb 13; 69(2):e0125124.
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Heterogeneity and lyophilization comparison of stool processing for gastrointestinal bile acid measurement by LC-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2023 Jan 01; 1214:123569.
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Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Microbiome Changes of Ibezapolstat in Adults with Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Phase 2a Multicenter Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 09 30; 75(7):1164-1170.
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Disordered farnesoid X receptor signaling is associated with liver carcinogenesis in Abcb11-deficient mice. J Pathol. 2021 Dec; 255(4):412-424.
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Concentrations of bile acid precursors in cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients. Free Radic Biol Med. 2019 04; 134:42-52.
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Defective cholesterol metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Lipid Res. 2017 01; 58(1):267-278.