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ArticleCells2019

Ursodeoxycholic Acid Regulates Hepatic Energy Homeostasis and White Adipose Tissue Macrophages Polarization in Leptin-Deficiency Obese Mice.

Yu-Sheng Chen, Hsuan-Miao Liu, Tzung-Yan Lee

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Article in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Steatotic Liver Disease at Primary Biliary Cholangitis Diagnosis: Association With Ursodeoxycholic Acid Response and Outcomes.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  6. Gut microbial contributions to thermogenesis.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025
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  14. Characterization of individual bile acids in vivo utilizing a novel low bile acid mouse model.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024
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  18. An Update on the Role and Potential Molecules in Relation toDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu-Sheng ChenGraduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. whaich@msn.com.
Hsuan-Miao LiuGraduate Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan. miaowhale@gmail.com.
Tzung-Yan LeeGraduate Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan. joyamen@mail.cgu.edu.tw.
Chang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity has been shown to play a role in the pathogenesis of several forms of metabolic syndrome, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has been shown to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and prevents mitochondrial dysfunction in the progression of obesity-associated diseases. The aim of the study was to evaluate the mechanisms of UDCA during obesity-linked hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction and obesity-associated adipose tissue macrophage-induced inflammation in obese mice. UDCA significantly decreased lipid droplets, reduced free fatty acids (FFA) and triglycerides (TG), improved mitochondrial function, and enhanced white adipose tissue browning in

Indexed as

Cell PolarityAdipose Tissue, BrownAdipose Tissue, WhiteAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesEnergy MetabolismFatty AcidsGlucoseHepatocytesHomeostasisLeptinLipogenesisLiverMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesFatty AcidsGlucoseLeptinReceptors, NotchUrsodeoxycholic Acidmacrophage browningmitochondriaobesityursodeoxycholic acid

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PMID30884843
PMCPMC6468643
OpenAlexW2920838603

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