Mutational characterization of the bile acid receptor TGR5 in primary sclerosing cholangitis.

TGR5, the G protein-coupled bile acid receptor 1 (GPBAR1), has been linked to inflammatory pathways as well as bile homeostasis, and could therefore be involved in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) a chronic inflammatory bile duct disease. We aimed to extensively investigate TGR5 sequence variati...

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Main Authors: Johannes R Hov, Verena Keitel, Jon K Laerdahl, Lina Spomer, Eva Ellinghaus, Abdou ElSharawy, Espen Melum, Kirsten M Boberg, Thomas Manke, Tobias Balschun, Christoph Schramm, Annika Bergquist, Tobias Weismüller, Daniel Gotthardt, Christian Rust, Liesbet Henckaerts, Clive M Onnie, Rinse K Weersma, Martina Sterneck, Andreas Teufel, Heiko Runz, Adolf Stiehl, Cyriel Y Ponsioen, Cisca Wijmenga, Morten H Vatn, IBSEN Study Group, Pieter C F Stokkers, Severine Vermeire, Christopher G Mathew, Benedicte A Lie, Ulrich Beuers, Michael P Manns, Stefan Schreiber, Erik Schrumpf, Dieter Häussinger, Andre Franke, Tom H Karlsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2928275?pdf=render