USF-LVHN SELECT

The Emerging Potential of Bile Acids as a Modulator of Psoriatic Inflammation.

Publication/Presentation Date

7-1-2023

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bile acids (BAs) are cholesterol-based amphipathic surfactants that are most widely known for their contributions to lipid metabolism, but more recently have been increasingly recognized as a key signaling molecule in inflammatory diseases as well as, potentially, psoriatic disease.

OBJECTIVE: This brief review reviews relevant literature in order to briefly describe the synthesis of bile acids and their subsequent metabolism and to analyze recent animal and human data that supports anti-inflammatory activity of some BAs in psoriasiform dermatitis.

METHODS: Pubmed and other public sources were used to survey the literature relevant to the topic of bile acids and their potential use in psoriasis.

CONCLUSION: There is clinical and preclinical evidence to support a potential role for BA Supplementation (or modulation BA metabolism and signaling) in the treatment of psoriasis.

Volume

8

Issue

3

First Page

118

Last Page

123

ISSN

2475-5311

Disciplines

Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

39296312

Department(s)

USF-LVHN SELECT Program, USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students

Document Type

Article

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