Cholic Acid
"Cholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A major primary bile acid produced in the liver and usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. It facilitates fat absorption and cholesterol excretion.
| Descriptor ID |
D019826
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.105.225.130 D04.808.221.430.130
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Kazgan N, Metukuri MR, Purushotham A, Lu J, Rao A, Lee S, Pratt-Hyatt M, Lickteig A, Csanaky IL, Zhao Y, Dawson PA, Li X. Intestine-specific deletion of SIRT1 in mice impairs DCoH2-HNF-1a-FXR signaling and alters systemic bile acid homeostasis. Gastroenterology. 2014 Apr; 146(4):1006-16.