Obeticholic acid: a new light in the shadows treating portal hypertension?

Hepatology. 2014 Jun;59(6):2072-3. doi: 10.1002/hep.27027. Epub 2014 Apr 28.

Authors

Jordi Gracia-Sancho¹, Virginia Hernández-Gea, Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagán

Affiliation

¹ Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory. Liver Unit. Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 24452422
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27027

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Chenodeoxycholic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
Chenodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use
Hypertension, Portal / drug therapy*
Male
Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

obeticholic acid
Chenodeoxycholic Acid