Metabolism: Bile acids heat things up

John D. Baxter; Paul Webb

doi:10.1038/439402a

Metabolism: Bile acids heat things up

John D. Baxter, Paul Webb

Academic Institute

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Thyroid hormone causes fat loss, but harnessing this action to treat obesity is difficult because it is associated with harmful side effects. However, bile acids generate active thyroid hormone just where it is needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	402-403
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	439
Issue number	7075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/439402a
State	Published - Jan 26 2006

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