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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2021

Serum aromatic and branched-chain amino acids associated with NASH demonstrate divergent associations with serum lipids.

Vanessa D de Mello, Ratika Sehgal, Ville Männistö, Anton Klåvus, Emma Nilsson, Alexander Perfilyev, Dorota Kaminska, Zong Miao, Päivi Pajukanta, Charlotte Ling and 2 more

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biomarker discovery in NAFLD: insights from metabolomics and vote counting meta-analysis.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Vanessa D de MelloInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3414-6983
Ratika SehgalInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Ville MännistöDepartment of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Anton KlåvusInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Emma NilssonEpigenetics and Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö, Sweden.
Alexander PerfilyevEpigenetics and Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö, Sweden.
Dorota KaminskaInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Zong MiaoDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Päivi PajukantaDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Charlotte LingEpigenetics and Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö, Sweden.
Kati HanhinevaInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Jussi PihlajamäkiInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6241-6859
University of Eastern Finland · FILund University · SEUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

Systems genomics of metabolic syndrome traitsP01HL028481 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LUSIS, ALDONS JAKE · 1985 to 2019
$50.2M
Systems Genetics Dissection of Non-alcoholic SteatohepatitisR01DK117850 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Aldons Jake Lusis · 2019 to 2026
$4.6M
Functional genetic variants for type 2 diabetesU01DK105561 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MOHLKE, KAREN L. · 2015 to 2019
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL028481NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK117850NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK105561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with multiple metabolic abnormalities. By applying a non-targeted metabolomics approach, we aimed at investigating whether serum metabolite profile that associates with NAFLD would differ in its association with NAFLD-related metabolic risk factors. METHODS &

resultsA total of 233 subjects (mean ± SD: 48.3 ± 9.3 years old; BMI: 43.1 ± 5.4 kg/m

conclusionsWe found that serum levels of the NASH-related AAAs and BCAAs demonstrate divergent associations with serum lipids. The specific correlation of tryptophan with LDL-c may result from the molecular events affecting LDLR mRNA expression and NASH-associated methylation of genes in the liver.

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Bariatric SurgeryNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAdultAmino Acids, Branched-ChainHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhosphatidylcholinesAmino Acids, Branched-ChainPhosphatidylcholinesaromatic amino acidsDNA methylationepigeneticsLDL cholesterolNAFLDNASHnon-targeted metabolomicstryptophan

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PMID33219609
PMCPMC8048463
OpenAlexW3106048142

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