Figure 4.
Obeticholic acid increases biliary bile acid output in rats with obstructive cholestasis. Shown are total bile acid (BA) levels in plasma (A) and liver tissue (B), and bile collected from the extrahepatic bile duct before decompression and subsequent PHx (C–D). The total BA data for the control group and the untreated BDL group were published previously14. Data were obtained after seven days of BDL (i.e., prior to PHx). Abbreviations: rBDL = reversible bile duct ligation; OCA = obeticholic acid. ***Indicates p < 0.001 versus the control group. #Indicates p < 0.05 and ###indicates p < 0.001 between the experimental groups indicated by the solid line. N = 4–6 per group per time point.
