"Tauroursodeoxycholic acid"@en . . "# Schroeder A, Eckhardt U, Stieger B, Tynes R, Schteingart CD, Hofmann AF, Meier PJ, Hagenbuch B: Substrate specificity of the rat liver Na(+)-bile salt cotransporter in Xenopus laevis oocytes and in CHO cells. Am J Physiol. 1998 Feb;274(2 Pt 1):G370-5. \"Pubmed\":http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9486191 # Obici L, Cortese A, Lozza A, Lucchetti J, Gobbi M, Palladini G, Perlini S, Saraiva MJ, Merlini G: Doxycycline plus tauroursodeoxycholic acid for transthyretin amyloidosis: a phase II study. Amyloid. 2012 Jun;19 Suppl 1:34-6. doi: 10.3109/13506129.2012.678508. Epub 2012 May 2. \"Pubmed\":http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22551192"@en . . . "14605-22-2"@en . . "approved"@en . . . . "Humans and other mammals"@en . . "TUDCA"@en . . . " "@en . . . . . . . . . "investigational"@en . . . . . . "Zhuo, Chao; Feng, Wei; Wu, Da-jun; Xiong, Zhi-gang. Synthesis of tauroursodeoxycholic acid. Hecheng Huaxue (2002), 10(5), 444-446."@en . . . . "Used in the treatment of cholesterol gallstones. Tauroursodeoxycholic acid is also being investigated for use in several conditions such as Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC), insulin resistance, amyloidosis, Cystic Fibrosis, Cholestasis, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis."@en . "Tauroursodeoxycholate"@en . . . . . "Tauroursodeoxycholic acid is the more hydrophilic form of ursodeoxycholic acid, which is naturally produced in the body. In patients with properly functioning gallbladders, both of these bile acids inhibit liver cholesterol secretion and synthesis as well as intestinal cholesterol absorption allowing for the promotion of cholesterol gallstone dissolution. The mechanism of action of tauroursodeoxycholic acid in the other conditions is still being investigated. "@en . "Tauroursodeoxycholic acid is the more hydrophilic form of ursodeoxycholic acid, which is the more abundant naturally produced bile acid in humans. Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, on the other hand, is produced abundantly in bears and has been used for centuries as a natural remedy in some Asian countries. It is approved in Italy and Turkey for the treatment of cholesterol gallstones and is an investigational drug in China, Unites States, and Italy. Tauroursodeoxycholic acid is being investigated for use in several conditions such as Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC), insulin resistance, amyloidosis, Cystic Fibrosis, Cholestasis, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The only completed clinical trial thus far is a phase III clinical trial comparing tauroursodeoxycholic acid and ursofalk in PBC adult patients, but as of June 2013 no results of this trial have been published. "@en . . .