Obeticholic Acid for Primary Biliary Cholangitis [PDF]
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare autoimmune cholestatic liver disease that may progress to fibrosis and/or cirrhosis. Treatment options are currently limited.
Annarosa Floreani +2 more
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Inhibition of ACOX1 enhances the therapeutic efficacy of obeticholic acid in treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and mitigates its lipotoxicity [PDF]
Background and aims:High-dose Obeticholic acid exhibits promise for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) treatment but can induce lipotoxicity.
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Obeticholic acid for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis in adult patients: clinical utility and patient selection [PDF]
Christopher L Bowlus Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA Abstract: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), previously known as primary biliary “cirrhosis”, is a rare autoimmune liver disease ...
Bowlus CL
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Objective: To review the pharmacology, efficacy, and safety of obeticholic acid (OCA) and determine its clinical role relative to other agents in the treatment of patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Data Sources: A PubMed search (1946 to November 2016) was conducted using the terms INT-747, obeticholic acid, OCA, farnesoid X receptor ...
Susan M Smith
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Bile Acid Receptor Therapeutics Effects on Chronic Liver Diseases [PDF]
In the past ten years, our understanding of the importance of bile acids has expanded from fat absorption and glucose/lipid/energy homeostasis into potential therapeutic targets for amelioration of chronic cholestatic liver diseases.
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Obeticholic acid treatment ameliorates the cardiac dysfunction in NASH mice [PDF]
Background Suppression of cardiac iinflammasome, which can be inhibited by Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist, can ameliorate cardiac inflammation and fibrosis.
Szu-Yu Liu +7 more
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Obeticholic Acid Induces Hepatoxicity Via FXR in the NAFLD Mice [PDF]
Objective: Obeticholic acid (OCA), a potent farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist, is a promising drug for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, it can cause liver injury, especially at high doses.
Chuangzhen Lin +8 more
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27558 Obeticholic acid (OCALIVA ®) protects against 2,8-dihydroxyadenine nephropathy in mice [PDF]
IMPACT: This work may lead to new treatments for crystalline nephropathies. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: This study investigated obeticholic acid (OCALIVA ®) as a potential treatment for 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (2,8-DHA) nephropathy using a mouse model.
Bryce Jones +9 more
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Obeticholic Acid—A Pharmacological and Clinical Review
Obeticholic acid (OCA) or 6-alpha-ethyl-chenodeoxycholic acid is a semisynthetic modified bile acid derivative that acts on the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) as an agonist with a higher potency than bile acid.
Caezaan Keshvani +2 more
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Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Obeticholic Acid: Current Status. [PDF]
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the major and prevalent liver diseases from the national and global perspectives. It appears that considerable numbers of the general population have been suffering from NAFLD. When a patient with NAFLD also exhibits inflammation of the liver, the condition is regarded as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ...
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