Hi all, I only recently learned that Urso has suppressive effects on the immune system.
One research paper I read, and there are others, lists the effects - apologies for scientific jargon! Urso suppresses the production of immunoglobulins IgA, IgG and IgM (although IgM is generally chronically raised in PBC) also B and T cells, Interleukin-2 Interleukin-4, interferon-gamma and thymocyte proliferation.
The short version is, as the paper summarises, “these results suggest that the beneficial effects of ursodeoxycholic acid in PBC is mediated in part by immuno suppression”.
The tests for this paper were done ‘in vitro’ but as there is other evidence I assume it is accepted knowledge… although I wonder why I only just found this out?
I haven’t had a chance to drill down into it yet, but wanted to put it out there for anybody to comment on, or maybe it’s helpful. The reason I was interested is that I’ve been plagued by extremely long-lasting respiratory and throat infections for the last 5 years and was trying to understand why.
Very interested to hear your views on this.
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