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ArticleJournal of hepatology2025

The history and future of bile acid therapies.

Ulrich Beuers, Jesus M Banales, Saul J Karpen, Verena Keitel, Catherine Williamson, Michael Trauner

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Article in Journal of hepatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Nor-ursodeoxycholic acid in hepatobiliary diseases: A narrative review.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026
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  10. FXR's double life in bile ducts.Nature metabolism · 2026
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  14. Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Promotes Gallstone Formation via Bile Acid Metabolic Disorder: A Multiomics Study.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  15. Dysbiosis in the Gut-Liver Axis Is Associated With Low Bone Mass During Murine Cholestasis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  19. A Rare Nonsense Mutation in theJournal of clinical medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ulrich BeuersTytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location AMC, the Netherlands. Electronic address: u.h.beuers@amsterdamumc.nl.
Jesus M BanalesDepartment of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia University Hospital, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Ciberehd, Ikerbasque, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain; Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, School of Sciences, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Saul J KarpenDepartment of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Verena KeitelDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Catherine WilliamsonInstitute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Michael TraunerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Funding

Modeling genetic contributions to biliary atresiaR01DK135815 · NIDDK · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SAUL J. KARPEN · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK135815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal bile has been regarded as a potential remedy for liver diseases for millennia in ancient Eastern cultures. The application of bile acids, as major organic components of bile, for gallstone dissolution and of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for cholestatic liver diseases began in the second half of the 20

Indexed as

Bile Acids and SaltsCholagogues and CholereticsAnimalsChenodeoxycholic AcidCholestasis, IntrahepaticFemaleHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearUrsodeoxycholic AcidBile Acids and SaltsChenodeoxycholic AcidCholagogues and CholereticsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearUrsodeoxycholic AcidbilecholestasisFXRnorucholic acidnorUDCAobeticholic acidPFICUDCAUDCA hybridsursodeoxycholic acid

Identifiers

PMID40545045
PMCPMC13094352

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