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ArticleNutrients2022

Metabolism and Health Effects of Rare Sugars in a CACO-2/HepG2 Coculture Model.

Amar van Laar, Charlotte Grootaert, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Tom Desmet, Koen Beerens, John Van Camp

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Article in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amar van LaarDepartment of Food Technology, Safety & Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Charlotte GrootaertDepartment of Food Technology, Safety & Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Filip Van NieuwerburghNXTGNT, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8815-5485
Dieter DeforceNXTGNT, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0635-661X
Tom DesmetCentre for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-3022
Koen BeerensCentre for Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6608-0443
John Van CampDepartment of Food Technology, Safety & Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6468-6107
Ghent University · BE

Funding

Research Foundation Flanders S003617N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most prevalent liver disease worldwide and is impacted by an unhealthy diet with excessive calories, although the role of sugars in NAFLD etiology remains largely unexplored. Rare sugars are natural sugars with alternative monomers and glycosidic bonds, which have attracted attention as sugar replacers due to developments in enzyme engineering and hence an increased availability. We studied the impact of (rare) sugars on energy production, liver cell physiology and gene expression in human intestinal colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells, hepatoma G2 (HepG2) liver cells and a coculture model with these cells. Fat accumulation was investigated in the presence of an oleic/palmitic acid mixture. Glucose, fructose and galactose, but not mannose, l-arabinose, xylose and ribose enhanced hepatic fat accumulation in a HepG2 monoculture. In the coculture model, there was a non-significant trend (

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsCaco-2 CellsCoculture TechniquesHumansSugarsSugarsCaco-2/HepG2 modelcelldigestiongene expressionliver fatrare sugars

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PMID35276968
PMCPMC8839664
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