Sulfated bile acids in serum, bile, and urine of cirrhotic patients before and after portacaval anastomosis
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 26 (6), 513-517
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01308099
Abstract
Sulfated and unsulfated bile acid composition was studied in serum and bile in 10 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Samples, collected before and 2 months after portacaval anastomosis, were analyzed using a gaschromatographic method. Mean total serum bile acid levels rose from 32.0±5.3(SE) μmol/liter before to 87.4±13.3 μmol/liter after surgery (PPP<0.05) after surgery, the increase being due only to the unsulfated compounds. Data from this study indicate that in cirrhotic patients no significant changes occur in serum with respect to sulfated bile acids after portacaval anastomosis, despite a definite increase in serum unsulfated bile acid levels. This is likely due to the lack of an efficient enterohepatic circulation of bile acid sulfates.Keywords
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