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Molecular physiology of bile acid signaling in health, disease, and aging

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Perino, Alessia, Demagny, Hadrien, Velazquez-Villegas, Laura, Schoonjans, Kristina·2021·Physiological Reviews

Abstract

Several diseases and conditions have been associated with an uncontrolled rise in bile acid (BA) concentrations. This is often the case when the tight feedback regulation of BA synthesis is compromised to the point that BAs become detrimental. BAs and their cognate receptors, farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and Takeda G-protein receptor 5 (TGR5), however, exert many beneficial roles as they enable tissues to adapt to environmental, nutritional, and physiological cues. Over the last two decades, BA mimetics targeting FXR, TGR5, or both, have been proven to be efficacious in alleviating chronic metabolic and inflammatory disorders, such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes (T2D), atherosclerosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). While several aspects of BA signaling are still poorly understood, the first therapeutics targeting FXR are making their way into the clinic to treat liver diseases, such as primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and NASH. Drugs targeting BA signaling may, hence, have a bright future and the continuing efforts on studying the impact of changing BA signaling pathways in humans will be beneficial to translate our emerging knowledge on BA physiology in model organisms into clinical benefits.

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  • Bile acids function as hormones via receptors such as FXR and TGR5, with significant regulatory and signaling activities.

    “recent studies have also revealed their function as hormones via receptors such as farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5 (TGR5), with significant regulatory and signaling activities (298).”

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Authors
Perino, A., Demagny, H., Velazquez-Villegas, L., & Schoonjans, K.
Affiliations
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Corresponding author
Schoonjans, Kristina
Venue
Physiological Reviews
Published
2021-04-01
Volume
101
Issue
2
Pages
683-731
ISSN
  • 0031-9333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1210
OpenAlex
W3049538451
Cited by
481
References
485
Citations by year
2026: 112 · 2025: 96 · 2024: 108 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 2
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4.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Physiological Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  • Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation
  • Marie Curie Fellowship
  • Swiss National Science Foundation
  • AXA Research Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
bile acid signaling, farnesoid X receptor, TGR5, bile acid receptors, obesity, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, aging, metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Aging, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts, Bile Duct Diseases, Humans, Liver, Gastrointestinal Tract

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