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Trial reportPloS one2018

One-year weight management lowers lipopolysaccharide-binding protein and its implication in metainflammation and liver fibrosis.

Hsiao-Ching Nien, Jin-Chuan Sheu, Yu-Chiao Chi, Chi-Ling Chen, Jia-Horng Kao, Wei-Shiung Yang

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Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hsiao-Ching NienGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jin-Chuan SheuLiver Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Chiao ChiGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chi-Ling ChenGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jia-Horng KaoGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Shiung YangGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5087-373X
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies showed that the endotoxemia-related biomarker, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), is associated with obesity and fatty liver. The level of LBP is reduced after surgical weight loss. This study aimed to verify the change of serum LBP levels after one-year medical weight management in subjects with obesity. METHODS AND

findingsA total of 62 subjects with obesity, 39 subjects with overweight, and 21 subjects with normal body mass index were enrolled for a one-year weight management program. Basic information, body composition analysis, clinical data, serum LBP level, and abdominal ultrasonography findings were collected. At baseline, the serum LBP levels of the obese and overweight subjects were significantly higher than that of the normal group (30.9±7.4 and 29.6±6.3 versus 23.1±5.6 μg/mL, respectively, p<0.001). Serum LBP in subjects with obesity was significantly reduced to 26.5±7.1 μg/mL (p-value < 0.001) after one year. In the multivariate analyses, LBP was associated with high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) fibrosis score (NFS) before weight management in the obese group. Moreover, the change of LBP in response to weight management was significantly related to the changes of hs-CRP, leukocyte count and NFS by multivariate linear regression analysis also in the obese group.

conclusionThe serum level of the endotoxemia-related biomarker, LBP, decreases after one-year weight management in the obese subjects. In addition to serving as a metainflammatroy biomarker like hs-CRP, LBP may also be a potential biomarker as a non-invasive biomarker for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in NAFLD.

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Weight Reduction ProgramsAcute-Phase ProteinsCarrier ProteinsFemaleHumansInflammationLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinLiver CirrhosisMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiddle AgedNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityAcute-Phase ProteinsCarrier ProteinsLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinMembrane Glycoproteins

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PMID30458048
PMCPMC6245791
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