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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
The nuclear receptor Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) critically regulates nascent bile formation and bile acid enterohepatic circulation. Bile acids and FXR play a pivotal role in regulating hepatic inflammation and regeneration as well as in regulating extent of inflammatory responses, barrier function and prevention of bacterial translocation in the intestinal tract. Recent evidence suggests, that the bile acid-FXR interaction is involved in the pathophysiology of a wide range of diseases of the liver, biliary and gastrointestinal tract, such as cholestatic and inflammatory liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma, inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated cancer of the colon and esophagus. In this review we discuss current knowledge of the role the bile acid-FXR interaction has in (patho)physiology of the liver, biliary and gastrointestinal tract, and proposed underlying mechanisms, based on in vitro data and experimental animal models. Given the availability of highly potent synthetic FXR agonists, we focus particularly on potential relevance for human disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1801
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
683-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Bile acids and their nuclear receptor FXR: Relevance for hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. r.m.gadaleta@umcutrecht.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review