ReviewBiomolecules2020
A Sweet Connection? Fructose's Role in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Role of fructose in renal cell carcinoma progression.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The Counteracting Effect of Chrysin on Dietary Fructose-Induced Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in Rats with a Focus on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic effects due to reducing sugars and glycation products in cancer.Frontiers in epigenetics and epigenomics · 2025Review
- Both Maternal High-Fat and Post-Weaning High-Carbohydrate Diets Increase Rates of Spontaneous Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Aged-Mouse Offspring.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- β-Hydroxyphosphocarnitine modifies fibrosis, steatosis and improves liver function in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis induced in rats.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2022Article
- High-Fructose Diet Alters Intestinal Microbial Profile and Correlates with Early Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of Barrett's Esophagus.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Higher intake of whole grains and dietary fiber are associated with lower risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality.Nature communications · 2021Article
- The effects of fructose and metabolic inhibition on hepatocellular carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of few cancer types that continues to grow in incidence and mortality worldwide. With the alarming increase in diabetes and obesity rates, the higher rates of hepatocellular carcinoma are a result of underlying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Many have attributed disease progression to an excess consumption of fructose sugar. Fructose has known toxic effects on the liver, including increased fatty acid production, increased oxidative stress, and insulin resistance. These effects have been linked to non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease and a progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). While the literature suggests fructose may enhance liver cancer progression, the precise mechanisms in which fructose induces tumor formation remains largely unclear. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of fructose metabolism in liver disease and liver tumor development. Furthermore, we consider the latest knowledge of cancer cell metabolism and speculate on additional mechanisms of fructose metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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