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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Association of Plasma-Free Branched-Chain Amino Acids with Disease Related Parameters in Ulcerative Colitis.

Efstathia Papada, Charalampia Amerikanou, Aristea Gioxari, Nick Kalogeropoulos, Andriana C Kaliora

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Efstathia PapadaDepartment of Dietetics and Nutritional Science, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Ave, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2406-4602
Charalampia AmerikanouDepartment of Dietetics and Nutritional Science, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Ave, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Aristea GioxariDepartment of Dietetics and Nutritional Science, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Ave, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Nick KalogeropoulosDepartment of Dietetics and Nutritional Science, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Ave, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Andriana C KalioraDepartment of Dietetics and Nutritional Science, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Ave, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Harokopio University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are involved in immune system's metabolic pathways and play fundamental role in gut health. Our aim was to assess BCAA plasma levels in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and associations of plasma BCAAs with disease-related parameters. This was a case-control study in adult patients with UC and BMI-matched controls. A total of 150 volunteers were screened between May 2016 and June 2017; 43 patients and 34 healthy controls were enrolled. Medical and dietary history (3 × 24 h recalls, MedDiet score), anthropometric measurements, blood and fecal samples were collected. We measured BCAAs in plasma with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In patients, fecal calprotectin, lactoferrin, lysozyme and defensin were quantified. Dietary pattern was similar in patients and controls. Plasma-free BCAA profiles did not differ between groups. Regression analysis showed that i) valine was inversely associated with calprotectin (

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BCAAscalprotectininflammationulcerative colitis

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