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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2014 May;30(3):332–338. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000057

Table 1.

Nuclear Receptors and G-Protein Coupled Receptors Activated by Different Bile Acids

Nuclear Receptor Bile Acid Agonist References
Farnasoid X Receptor (FXR) CDCA >LCA = DCA>CA reviewed by 16
Pregnane-activated receptor (PXR) LCA>DCA>CA reviewed by 16
Vitamin D receptor 3-oxo-LCA>LCA>DCA>CA 32

G-Protein Coupled Receptors
TGR-5 DCA>LCA>CDCA>CA 33
Sphingosine-1-phosphate
Receptor 2 (S1PR2)
Taurine or Glycine Conjugated
Bile Acids
34
(M2,3) Muscarinic receptors T-LCA>T-DCA>T-CA 35-37