Advances in research on the effects of bile acids and their receptors on intestinal function (opens in new tab)

Bile acids (BAs), once regarded primarily as detergents facilitating lipid digestion, are now recognized as pivotal signaling molecules that orchestrate intestinal and systemic physiology through a diverse network of nuclear and membrane receptors, with distinct receptor classes mediating complementary transcriptional and rapid signaling responses, including Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR), Takeda G protein-coupled Receptor 5 (TGR5), Pregnane X Receptor (PXR), Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Rec...