AAD	antibiotic-associated diarrhea
ASBT	apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter
BA	bile acid
BFT	Bacteroides fragilis toxin
BSH	bile salt hydrolases
CA	cholic acid
CD	Crohn’s disease
CDCA	chenodeoxycholic acid
CRC	colorectal cancer
DCA	deoxycholic acid
EHC	enterohepatic circulation
ETBF	enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis
FXR	nuclear farnesoid X receptor
GI	gastrointestinal tract
Gly	glycine
HCC	hepatocellular carcinoma
IBD	inflammatory bowel disease
IFNg	interferon gamma
IgA	immunoglobulin A
IL1-b	interleukin-1 beta
IL-6	interleukin-6
IL-10	interleukin-10
LCA	lithocholic acid
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
NASH	nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NKT	natural killer T cells
PBC	primary biliary cirrhosis
PSC	primary sclerosing cholangitis
Tau	taurine
TDG	thymine DNA glycosylase
TGF-b	transforming growth factor beta
TNF-a	tumor necrosis factor alpha
T3SS	type-3-secretion system
UC	ulcerative colitis
UCDA	ursodeoxycholic acid