Profiling circulating and urinary bile acids in patients with biliary obstruction before and after biliary stenting.

Bile acids are considered as extremely toxic at the high concentrations reached during bile duct obstruction, but each acid displays variable cytotoxic properties. This study investigates how biliary obstruction and restoration of bile flow interferes with urinary and circulating levels of 17 common...

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Main Authors: Jocelyn Trottier, Andrzej Białek, Patrick Caron, Robert J Straka, Piotr Milkiewicz, Olivier Barbier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132779?pdf=render