Qing Wu, Lulu Sun, Xiaomin Hu, Xuemei Wang, Feng Xu, Bo Chen, Xianyi Liang, Jialin Xia, Pengcheng Wang, Daisuke Aibara, Shaofei Zhang, Guangyi Zeng, Chuyu Yun, Yu Yan, Yicheng Zhu, Michael Bustin, Shuyang Zhang, Frank J Gonzalez, Changtao Jiang
Intestinal farnesoid X receptor (FXR) signaling is involved in the development of obesity, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes. However, the role of intestinal FXR in atherosclerosis and its potential as a target for clinical treatment have not been explored. The serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19), which is encoded by an FXR target gene, were much higher in patients with hypercholesterolemia than in control subjects and were positively related to circulating ceramide levels, indicating a link between intestinal FXR, ceramide metabolism, and atherosclerosis...
May 3, 2021: Journal of Clinical Investigation