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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas
Print version ISSN 0864-0300On-line version ISSN 1561-3011
Abstract
PINOL JIMENEZ, Felipe Neri et al. Biomolecular aspects of biliary cholesterol lithogenesis prevention. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2021, vol.40, n.1, e839. Epub Apr 01, 2021. ISSN 0864-0300.
Introduction:
Biliary lithogenesis is a preventable process of cholesterol supersaturation in gallbladder bile.
Objective:
Describe the new biomolecular evidence of biliary cholesterol lithogenesis serving as a basis for future preventive therapy for gallbladder lithiasis.
Methods:
A systematic critical review was conducted of impact evidence about biliary lithogenesis. The papers consulted were published in the databases PubMed, Medline, SciELO, LILACS and Elsevier from 2015 to 2020.
Results:
Current evidence was retrieved of biomolecular mechanisms proposed as theoretical foundations for future preventive therapies for gallbladder lithiasis.
Conclusions:
Intended for general practitioners, surgeons, gastroenterologists and physiologists, the updated description of biliary lithogenesis including the role of nuclear receptors, biliary lipid transporters and the biological value of enterohepatic circulation in the integrity and functioning of the hepatobiliary system as regulators of the cholesterol mechanism, makes an impact as a new paradigm with the biomolecular concepts involved in biliary lithogenesis prevention.
Keywords : cholesterol; bile acids; lithogenesis; gallbladder lithiasis.