Lithocholic acid is one such secondary metabolite, made by gut bacteria from a bile acid produced by the host. But the idea ...

We have, therefore, developed a BAAT knockout mouse in our lab that lacks these taurine- and glycine-conjugated bile acids. By introducing MCBAs to the guts of these BAAT knockout mice ...

Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats.

As well as having a role in lipid absorption, bile acids can act as endocrine-signaling molecules. With previous studies suggesting that bile acids operate as metabolic integrators, Watanabe et al.