bile

Also known as gall

thumb|Bile (yellow material) in a liver [[biopsy stained with hematoxylin-eosin in a condition called cholestasis (setting of bile stasi)]]

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Bile is a yellow material produced by the liver that plays a role in digestion and the processing of substances in the body. When bile accumulates abnormally in the liver—a condition called cholestasis—it can indicate a health problem that may require medical attention.

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180,136 papers

Bile formation and secretion.ReviewComprehensive Physiology · 2013Boyer JLDOI: 10.1002/cphy.c120027
Bile Metabolism and Lithogenesis: An Update.ReviewThe Surgical clinics of North America · 2019Dosch AR, Imagawa DK, Jutric ZDOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2018.12.003
[Bile acid detection by biosensors-a review].ReviewSheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology · 2020Dong E, Zheng J, Liu HDOI: 10.13345/j.cjb.200196
A modular analysis of bile canalicular function and its implications for cholestasis.ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2023Gupta KDOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00165.2022
Physiology of bile secretion.ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2008Esteller ADOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5641
Bile acid secretion, bile flow and biliary lipid secretion in humans.ReviewHepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 1990Hofmann AF
Cystic fibrosis: bile secretion.ReviewBritish medical bulletin · 1992Erlinger SDOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072582
[Molecular mechanisms in bile formation].ReviewGastroenterologia y hepatologia · 2004Bañales JM, Medina JFDOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70469-5

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Commons category: Biliary system
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thumb|Bile (yellow material) in a liver [[biopsy stained with hematoxylin-eosin in a condition called cholestasis (setting of bile stasi)]]

Bile (from Latin bilis), also known as gall, is a yellow-green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine. In humans, bile is primarily composed of water, is produced continuously by the liver, and is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder. After a human eats, this stored bile is discharged into the first section of the small intestine, known as the duodenum through the ampulla of vater in the duodenal wall .