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Phenotyping the Chemical Communications of the Intestinal Microbiota and the Host: Secondary Bile Acids as Postbiotics.
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- A bile acid-GPBAR1 network supports anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic benefits of probiotics in colitis.Gut microbes · 2026Article
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- The Gut-Pancreas Axis in Type 1 Diabetes: Emerging Insights into Microbiota and Immune Interactions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Cross-talk of gut-bone-muscle: osteosarcopenia in experimental colitis models.Laboratory animal research · 2026Review
- Cross-Cultural Nutritional Epigenomics: Diet and Microbiome Interactions Shaping Type 2 Diabetes in Arab and Western Populations.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics in Modulating Gut Microbiota: Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Metabolic Syndrome.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Research Progress on the Mechanism and Targeted Intervention of G Protein-Coupled Bile Acid Receptor 1 (GPBAR1)-Mediated "Inflammation-Apoptosis-Metabolism-Microcirculation" Regulatory Network in Hepatitis B-Associated Liver Failure.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Review
- Gut-Brain Axis and Bile Acid Signaling: Linking Microbial Metabolism to Brain Function and Metabolic Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Endocannabinoid-Microbiota-Neuroimmune Super-System: A Unifying Feedback Architecture for Systems Resilience, Collapse Trajectories, and Precision Feedback Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Protective Effect of Obeticholic Acid on Sepsis-Induced Liver Dysfunction via Regulating Bile Acid Homeostasis.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota-derived metabolites modulate Treg/Th17 balance: novel therapeutic targets in autoimmune diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Gut microbiota: a promising new target in immune tolerance.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Effects of total abdominal irradiation on gut microbiota and metabolome during acute tissue injury.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The current definition of a postbiotic is a "preparation of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host". Postbiotics can be mainly classified as metabolites, derived from intestinal bacterial fermentation, or structural components, as intrinsic constituents of the microbial cell. Secondary bile acids deoxycholic acid (DCA) and lithocholic acid (LCA) are bacterial metabolites generated by the enzymatic modifications of primary bile acids by microbial enzymes. Secondary bile acids function as receptor ligands modulating the activity of a family of bile-acid-regulated receptors (BARRs), including GPBAR1, Vitamin D (VDR) receptor and RORγT expressed by various cell types within the entire human body. Secondary bile acids integrate the definition of postbiotics, exerting potential beneficial effects on human health given their ability to regulate multiple biological processes such as glucose metabolism, energy expenditure and inflammation/immunity. Although there is evidence that bile acids might be harmful to the intestine, most of this evidence does not account for intestinal dysbiosis. This review examines this novel conceptual framework of secondary bile acids as postbiotics and how these mediators participate in maintaining host health.
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