Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in …

P Godoy, NJ Hewitt, U Albrecht, ME Andersen… - Archives of …, 2013 - Springer
This review encompasses the most important advances in liver functions and hepatotoxicity
and analyzes which mechanisms can be studied in vitro. In a complex architecture of nested …

The role of bile salts in digestion

J Maldonado-Valderrama, P Wilde… - Advances in colloid and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Bile salts (BS) are bio-surfactants present in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) that play a crucial
role in the digestion and absorption of nutrients. The importance of BS for controlled release …

Bacterial metabolism of bile acids promotes generation of peripheral regulatory T cells

C Campbell, PT McKenney, D Konstantinovsky… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Intestinal health relies on the immunosuppressive activity of CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells.
Expression of the transcription factor Foxp3 defines this lineage, and can be induced …

[HTML][HTML] Layer-by-layer encapsulation of probiotics for delivery to the microbiome

AC Anselmo, KJ McHugh, J Webster… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent discoveries in biology and microbiology have highlighted the importance of the
gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome in regulating human health and disease.[1] Thus, the …

Solubilization of membranes by detergents

A Helenius, KAI Simons - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1975 - Elsevier
30 membrane structure and function it is usually necessary to dissociate the membrane into
its components. The techniques for extraction and analysis of the membrane lipids are well …

The Use of Biorelevant Dissolution Media to Forecast the In Vivo Performance of a Drug

S Klein - The AAPS journal, 2010 - Springer
Simulation of gastrointestinal conditions is essential to adequately predict the in vivo
behavior of drug formulations. To reduce the size and number of human studies required to …

[HTML][HTML] Bile acid diarrhea: prevalence, pathogenesis, and therapy

M Camilleri - Gut and liver, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bile acid diarrhea (BAD) is usually seen in patients with ileal Crohn's disease or ileal
resection. However, 25% to 50% of patients with functional diarrhea or diarrhea …

Key discoveries in bile acid chemistry and biology and their clinical applications: history of the last eight decades

AF Hofmann, LR Hagey - Journal of lipid research, 2014 - ASBMB
During the last 80 years there have been extraordinary advances in our knowledge of the
chemistry and biology of bile acids. We present here a brief history of the major …

Bacteria-induced colloidal encapsulation for probiotic oral delivery

C Zhang, X Gao, X Ren, T Xu, Q Peng, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Probiotic oral delivery has crucial implications in biomedical engineering, but its oral
bioavailability remains unsatisfactory because of the limited survival and colonization of …

[HTML][HTML] Food ingredients that inhibit cholesterol absorption

ED Jesch, TP Carr - Preventive nutrition and food science, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cholesterol is a vital component of the human body. It stabilizes cell membranes and is the
precursor of bile acids, vitamin D and steroid hormones. However, cholesterol accumulation …