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ArticleJournal of bio-science2012

INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING BY BILE ACIDS.

Mohammed Sawkat Anwer

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Article in Journal of bio-science, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metagenomic Insights into Gut Microbiota Alterations FollowingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. [Bile acid metabolism and the occurrence and development of primary liver cancer].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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  19. Exome sequences of multiplex, multigenerational families reveal schizophrenia risk loci with potential implications for neurocognitive performance.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2017
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  20. p38 MAPK α and β isoforms differentially regulate plasma membrane localization of MRP2.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammed Sawkat AnwerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA, USA.
Tufts University · US

Funding

MECHANISM OF CANALICULAR BILE FORMATION AND CHOLESTASISR01DK033436 · NIDDK · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ANWER, MOHAMMED SAWKAT · 1986 to 2010
$4.0M
Role of Protein Kinase C in Isoforms in Bile formation and CholestasisR01DK090010 · NIDDK · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ANWER, MOHAMMED SAWKAT · 2010 to 2014
$2.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK033436NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bile acids, synthesized from cholesterol, are known to produce beneficial as well as toxic effects in the liver. The beneficial effects include choleresis, immunomodulation, cell survival, while the toxic effects include cholestasis, apoptosis and cellular toxicity. It is believed that bile acids produce many of these effects by activating intracellular signaling pathways. However, it has been a challenge to relate intracellular signaling to specific and at times opposing effects of bile acids. It is becoming evident that bile acids produce different effects by activating different isoforms of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), Protein kinase Cs (PKCs), and mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK). Thus, the apoptotic effect of bile acids may be mediated via PI3K-110γ, while cytoprotection induce by cAMP-GEF pathway involves activation of PI3K-p110α/β isoforms. Atypical PKCζ may mediate beneficial effects and nPKCε may mediate toxic effects, while cPKCα and nPKCδ may be involved in both beneficial and toxic effects of bile acids. The opposing effects of nPKCδ activation may depend on nPKCδ phosphorylation site(s). Activation of ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 pathway appears to mediate beneficial and toxic effects, respectively, of bile acids. Activation of p38α MAPK and p38β MAPK may mediate choleretic and cholestatic effects, respectively, of bile acids. Future studies clarifying the isoform specific effects on bile formation should allow us to define potential therapeutic targets in the treatment of cholestatic disorders.

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Bile formationCholestasisMAPKPI3KPKC

Identifiers

PMID25378891
PMCPMC4219368
OpenAlexW2006987597

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