Gut-Derived Bacterial Molecule May Drive Severe Liver Disease

Gut bacterial molecule discovered to drive serious bile duct disease

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have, together with international collaborators, discovered that a small molecule made exclusively by gut bacteria can actively drive disease in the bile ducts and worsen primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a serious liver and bile duct disease.

Gut-derived bacterial molecule may drive severe liver disease

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, together with international collaborators, have discovered that a small molecule made exclusively by gut bacteria can actively drive disease in the bile ducts and worsen primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a serious liver and bile duct disease.

Gut bacteria linked to severe liver disease, researchers discover

The human gut harbors trillions of bacteria, and for decades, scientists have suspected that this vast microbial ecosystem holds clues to one of medicine’s most puzzling liver diseases. Now, researchers at the University of Gothenburg believe they have found a critical piece of the puzzle: a small molecule produced by gut bacteria that may help […]