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- adjective Of or pertaining to
tauroursodeoxycholic acid or its derivatives
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They also showed that two drugs reduced the stress and resensitized this cell area: tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a substance found in the bile of black bears and used in generic drugs to treat liver disease, and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 's Buphenyl, used to treat enzyme deficiencies linked to high levels of urea.
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They also showed that two drugs reduced the stress and resensitized this cell area: tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a substance found in the bile of black bears and used in generic drugs to treat liver disease, and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 's Buphenyl, used to treat enzyme deficiencies linked to high levels of urea.
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They also showed that two drugs reduced the stress and resensitized this cell area: tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a substance found in the bile of black bears and used in generic drugs to treat liver disease, and Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 's Buphenyl, used to treat enzyme deficiencies linked to high levels of urea.
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The drugs are 4-phenyl butyric acid (PBA), which treats cystic fibrosis, and tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), which treats a liver disease.
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Currently, 4-PBA (buphenyl) is used to treat cystic fibrosis and urea cycle disorders, while TUDCA (tauroursodeoxycholic acid) is used to treat liver diseases.
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That's big news for the diabetes community, especially because other drugs (currently approved for managing other diseases) like 4-phenyl butyric acid (PBA), and tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) have been now shown to reduce leptin resistance by reducing the main cause of it: endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in the hypothalamus.
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