Abstract:Objective To explore the cause of cholesterol gallstones through detecting the composition of bile and expression of genes of gallbladder mucosa in patients with cholesterol gallstone. Methods We analyzed the composition of bile including leptin, visfatin, adiponectin, phospholipid, bile acid, cholesterol and cholesterol saturation index (CSI) in patients with cholesterol gallstone by ELISA method, oxidase-peroxidase method and caffeine method, and the expression of osteopontin in gallbladder mucosa was detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot assay. Results The CSI, percentage of cholesterol and concentration of cholesterol, total lipid, leptin and visfatin in gallstone group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05); concentration of phospholipid, bile acid and ADPN were lower than those in control group (P < 0.05); expression of OPN for gallbladder mucosa in gallstone group were significantly enhanced (P < 0.05). Conclusions OPN, Leptin, Visfatin and ADPN may be the common factors of cholesterol stone formation.