Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid may improve liver and muscle but not adipose tissue insulin sensitivity in obese men and women.

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Published in Diabetes on June 03, 2010

Authors

Marleen Kars1, Ling Yang, Margaret F Gregor, B Selma Mohammed, Terri A Pietka, Brian N Finck, Bruce W Patterson, Jay D Horton, Bettina Mittendorfer, Gökhan S Hotamisligil, Samuel Klein

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Nutrition and Atkins Center of Excellence in Obesity Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress on Metabolic Function (TUDCA/PBA) | NCT00771901

Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid for Protease-inhibitor Associated Insulin Resistance | NCT01877551

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