Gut microbiome determines therapeutic effects of OCA on NAFLD by modulating bile acid metabolism

Abstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common chronic liver disease, had no approved pharmacological agents yet. Obeticholic acid (OCA), a novel bile acid derivative, was demonstrated to ameliorate NAFLD-related manifestations. Regarding the role of gut-liver axis in liver dise...

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Main Authors: Jianjun Liu, Jiayi Sun, Jiangkun Yu, Hang Chen, Dan Zhang, Tao Zhang, Yicheng Ma, Chenggang Zou, Zhigang Zhang, Lanqing Ma, Xue Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00399-z