Bile Acids in Gastroenterology

About this book

Japanese clinicians and scientists, edited by Susumu Tazuma and Hajime Takikawa, review bile acids from biochemistry to the clinic. Part I covers bile acid metabolism, hepatobiliary transport, intestinal digestion and absorption, nuclear receptor regulation and bile acids as therapeutic agents. Part II links bile acids to disease: gallstones, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, inborn errors of bile acid synthesis, NAFLD and NASH, viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic disease, oesophageal and colorectal cancer, and metabolic syndrome. Useful for hepatologists, gastroenterologists and researchers.