Title:The Role of Bile Acids in Pancreatic Cancer
Volume: 24
Issue: 10
Author(s): Yanling Wang, Haiyan Xu, Xiaofei Zhang, Jingyu Ma, Shengbai Xue, Daiyuan Shentu, Tiebo Mao, Shumin Li, Ming Yue, Jiujie Cui*Liwei Wang*
Affiliation:
- Oncology Department and State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer of Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji
Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
- Oncology Department and State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer of Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji
Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200127, China
Keywords:
Bile acids, pancreatic cancer, biomarker, carcinogenesis, progression of cancer, chemoresistance.
Abstract: Bile acids are well known to promote the digestion and absorption of fat, and at the
same time, they play an important role in lipid and glucose metabolism. More studies have found
that bile acids such as ursodeoxycholic acid also have anti-inflammatory and immune-regulating
effects. Bile acids have been extensively studied in biliary and intestinal tumors but less in pancreatic
cancer. Patients with pancreatic cancer, especially pancreatic head cancer, are often accompanied
by biliary obstruction and elevated bile acids caused by tumors. Elevated total bile acid levels
in pancreatic cancer patients usually have a poor prognosis. There has been controversy over
whether elevated bile acids are harmful or beneficial to pancreatic cancer. Still, there is no doubt
that bile acids are important for the occurrence and development of pancreatic cancer. This article
summarizes the research on bile acid as a biomarker and regulation of the occurrence, development
and chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer, hoping to provide some inspiration for future research.