title: [Pathophysiology of cholestasis: correlation between bile acid metabolism and liver damage].
abstract: In patients with cholestasis the biliary excretion of bile acids is diminished. Hepatic sulfation, glucuronidation and hydroxylation of bile acids are increased and enhance their urinary excretion. These metabolic pathways however, are not sufficient to prevent hepatic damage by bile salts. Ursodeoxycholic acid, a very hydrophilic and therefore untoxic bile acid, in part prevents the hepatotoxicity of more hydrophobic bile acids.
authors.affiliation: Med. Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg/Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stiehl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008106:Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid
vernacular_title: Die Pathophysiologie der Cholestase: Zusammenhänge zwischen Gallensäurenstoffwechsel und Leberschädigung.