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Biological synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is a fundamental treatment drug for numerous hepatobiliary diseases that also has adjuvant therapeutic effects on certain cancers and neurological diseases. Chemical UDCA synthesis is environmentally unfriendly with low yields.
Peng Song +8 more
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A Systematic Review on Disease‐Modifying Therapies in Parkinsonian Disorders
Parkinsonian disorders, including Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy, and progressive supranuclear palsy, are progressive neurodegenerative conditions with no treatment options to slow disease progression. This systematic review provides an overview of evidence of disease‐modifying therapies that have been evaluated in ...
Pepijn P.N.M. Eijsvogel +3 more
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Background Congenital bile acid synthesis disorder type 3 caused by oxysterol 7α-hydroxylase deficiency is an extremely rare genetic liver disease. As it may cause rapid progression to end-stage liver disease, a high cautiousness in diagnosis and early ...
Weiqian Mo +7 more
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Tauroursodeoxycholic acid dampens oncogenic apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress during hepatocarcinogen exposure [PDF]
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which activates the unfolded protein response (UPR).
Ampe, Christophe +16 more
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A case of idiopathic GGT elevation with acute hepatitis A
Ursodeoxycholic acid modifies the bile acid pool and its effect on lowering liver enzymes is well documented in certain cases like chronic hepatitis but on the other hand it is known to worsen when given in advanced stages of liver disease.
Jaspreet Singh +2 more
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is considered as an independent predictor of cardiovascular diseases which plays an important role in the development of ischemic heart disease. The drug most frequently used for treating this comorbidity is atorvastatin
Nataliya Karpyshyn
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Effect of phospholipids and bile acids on cholesterol nucleation time and vesicular/micellar cholesterol in gallbladder bile of patients with cholesterol stones [PDF]
Supersaturation and rapid nucleation of cholesterol in bile are of key importance in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones. While the effects of bile acids and phospholipids on cholesterol saturation of bile have been extensively studied, their ...
Huber, P. +4 more
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Ursodiol in Patients with Parenteral Nutrition–Associated Cholestasis [PDF]
OBJECTIVE To review the role of ursodeoxycholic acid (ursodiol) in treating parenteral nutrition–associated cholestasis (PNAC). DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE (1950–May 2007) search was performed using the key terms parenteral nutrition, cholestasis ...
Btaiche, Imad F., San Luis, Valerie A.
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Background. Functional disorders of the gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi are highly relevant in pediatric gastroenterology. The purpose of the study was to improve the treatment for functional disorders of the gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi in ...
A.E. Abaturov, V.L. Babich
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Drug therapy of primary biliary diseases: classical and modern strategies [PDF]
Definition: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are both cholestatic liver diseases. A common feature of these disorders is the accumulation of bile acids in the liver and blood, presumably because of decreased ...
Leuschner, Ulrich, Schlichting, Julia
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