title: [The physiology and pathology of bile acid metabolism].
abstract: The biochemistry and metabolism of bile acids are briefly described together with their importance in the maintenance of biliary homeostasis. An account is given os some situations in which such metabolism is impaired: in cirrhosis of the liver, an isotope technique was used to show a fall in cholic acid (expression of liver cell damage); in cholostasis, stress is laid on reduced bile acid synthesis and a simultaneous increase in sensitivity of the bile canicular epithelium to secretin stimulation. Lastly, evidence is produced to suggest that the diarrhoea which often recurs after extensive intestinal resection is secondary to an increase in intestinal AMPc cells induced by bile acids.
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D001648:Bile Canaliculi / Q000503:physiopathology; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008823:Micelles; D012633:Secretin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D008823:Micelles; D012633:Secretin; D000242:Cyclic AMP
vernacular_title: Fisiologia e patologia del metabolismo degli acidi biliari.