ABC	Adenosine Tri-Phosphate binding cassette
AE2	apical Cl−/HCO3− anion exchanger 2
ASBT	apical sodium bile acid co-transporter
AKR1C4	3a-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
AKR1D1	D4–3-oxosteroid-5b-reductase
BAAT	bile acid CoA-amino acid N-acyltransferase
BACS	bile acid CoA synthetase
BDL	bile duct ligated, (BSEP
cAMP	adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate
CCA	cholangiocarcinoma
CCl4	carbon tetrachloride
CDCA	chenodeoxycholic acid
CYP27A1	Sterol 27-hydroxylase
CFTR	cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CYP7B1	oxysterol 7a-hydroxylase
CYP8B1	12a-hydroxylase
cSrc	Rous sarcoma oncogene
DCA	Deoxycholic Acid
DHCA	3a,7a-dihydroxy-5b-cholestanoic acid
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK	extracellular regulated protein kinase
FXR	Farnesoid receptor X
HI	hydrophobicity index
HPLC	high pressure liquid chromatography
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IL6	interleukin-6
LCA	Lithocholic Acid
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mdr	Multi-Drug Resistance
MDR/TAP	multi-drug-resistance/transporter associated with antigen processing
NTCP	sodium/taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide
OST	organic solute transporter
PBP	peri-biliary plexus
PBC	primary biliary cholangitis
PCNA	protein cellular nuclear antigen
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases
PKA	protein kinase A
PKC	protein kinase C
PSC	primary sclerosing cholangitis
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SCT	secretin
S1PR2	Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2
SR	secretin receptor
TCA	Taurocholic acid
TGR5	Transmembrane G protein coupled receptor
THCA	3 a,7a,12a-trihydroxy-5b-cholestanoic acid
TLCA	Taurolithocholic acid
TUDCA	Tauroursodeoxycholic acid
UDCA	Ursodeoxycholic acid
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
VLCS	very long-chain acyl CoA synthetase