"Ursodeoxycholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An epimer of chenodeoxycholic acid. It is a mammalian bile acid found first in the bear and is apparently either a precursor or a product of chenodeoxycholate. Its administration changes the composition of bile and may dissolve gallstones. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic.
| Descriptor ID |
D014580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.105.225.272.962 D04.210.500.221.430.342.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Ursodeoxycholic Acid- Ursodeoxycholic Acid
- Acid, Ursodeoxycholic
- Ursacholic Acid
- Acid, Ursacholic
- 3 alpha,7 beta-Dihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic Acid
- 3 alpha,7 beta Dihydroxy 5 beta cholan 24 oic Acid
- Ursodiol
- Deoxyursocholic Acid
- Acid, Deoxyursocholic
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ursodeoxycholic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Rolling stones: an instructive case of neonatal cholestasis. BMC Pediatr. 2022 09 04; 22(1):526.
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Patient decision-making in symptomatic gallbladder disease. Surg Endosc. 2022 08; 36(8):6271-6277.
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Autoimmune Liver Diseases in Children. Pediatr Ann. 2018 Nov 01; 47(11):e452-e457.
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Ursodeoxycholic acid inhibits hepatic cystogenesis in experimental models of polycystic liver disease. J Hepatol. 2015 Oct; 63(4):952-61.
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Co-occurrence of idiopathic granulomatous hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Nov; 59(11):2831-5.
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The potential for medical therapy to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer and optimize surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2014 Jul; 24(3):353-65.
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Effects of ursodeoxycholic acid in esophageal motility and the role of the mucosa. An experimental study. Dis Esophagus. 2011 May; 24(4):291-4.
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Ursodeoxycholic acid and chemoprevention of colorectal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2010 Oct; 34(10):516-22.
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Ursodeoxycholic acid suppresses Cox-2 expression in colon cancer: roles of Ras, p38, and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein. Nutr Cancer. 2008; 60(3):389-400.
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Primary biliary cirrhosis. Ann Hepatol. 2006 Jul-Sep; 5(3):198-200.