Endocrine Abstracts

Bile acids (BAs) are synthesized by converting cholesterol in hepatocytes and recycling it via enterohepatic circulation. Most BAs are reabsorbed into hepatocytes, where they inhibit their own synthesis by activating FXR pathway. NTCP is a major transporter of BAs via absorption from portal blood into hepatocytes. Hepalatide is a 47aa synthetic peptide that specifically binds NTCP resulting in BA spillover of hepatocytes into the systemic circulation. In this way, BA synthesis...