“…Subsequently, changes in bile acid pool composition have been demonstrated in both animal models of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, respectively (132,133,134,135), as well as in early (131,136,137,138,139) and recent human studies (22, 111, 121, 140). Of note, both glucose (141) and insulin have been suggested to modulate bile acid synthesis in preclinical studies (135,142,143) and in some (131,138,144), but not all (137), clinical studies. As noted by Staels & Fonseca, the finding that insulin is able to suppress FXR (NR1H4) gene expression (in contrast to glucose, which produces the opposite effect) suggests that diabetes is associated with the dysregulation of FXR expression (141,145).…”