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ArticleNature communications2026

Brain control of hepatic bile acid homeostasis through Bdnf exon I-positive neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus.

Mengfei Sun, Haochen Zhu, Shangjin Li, Jianhui Chen, Wenwen Zeng, Bai Lu

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Mengfei Sun *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Haochen Zhu *School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-2754
Shangjin LiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jianhui ChenSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Wenwen ZengTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-3318
Bai LuInstitute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. bailu@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8387-8438

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 20221300592, 81861138013, 81501105, 31730034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bile acids (BAs) are produced in the liver and regulate whole-body cholesterol balance. Whether and how the brain regulates liver function, including BA homeostasis, remains largely unexplored. Here we show that a subpopulation of liver-connected Bdnf-e1-expressing hypothalamic neurons regulates BA metabolism in the liver. Bdnf-e1 mutant mice (Bdnf-e1

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Bile Acids and SaltsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorLiverNeuronsParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusAnimalsCholesterolExonsFatty LiverHomeostasisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReceptor, trkBBdnf protein, mouseBile Acids and SaltsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCholesterolReceptor, trkB

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PMID42838954
PMCPMC13642916

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