BILE ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bile acid mean? 

• BILE ACID (noun)
  The noun BILE ACID has 1 sense:

1. any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile

  Familiarity information: BILE ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILE ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bile acid" is a kind of...):

steroid (any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bile acid"):

cholic acid (an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes cytochrome P450 7A1 protein, plays a role in the hydroxylation of cholesterol to initiate bile acid synthesis.

(CYP7A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A bile acid compounded with a cation, often sodium.

(Bile Salt, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes fibroblast growth factor 19 protein, plays a role in the regulation of bile acid biosynthesis and ligand-mediated signaling.

(FGF19 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cytochrome P450 8B1 protein, is involved in bile acid biosynthesis.

(CYP8B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The investigators believe this pro-inflammatory state is related to the process by which the microbiome regulates the metabolism of bile acid—with fewer microorganisms, this process is disrupted.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

Cholesterol is important for good health and is needed for making cell walls, tissues, hormones, vitamin D, and bile acid.

(Cholesterol, NCI Dictionary)

This gene plays a role in bile acid hydrolysis.

(GBA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in bile acid synthesis and steroid metabolism.

(CYP7A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes non-lysosomal glucosylceramidase protein, is involved in the generation and prevention of glycolipid accumulation and bile acid hydrolysis.

(GBA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both cholesterol catabolism and bile acid biosynthesis.

(Cholesterol 7-Alpha-Monooxygenase, NCI Thesaurus)