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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Paola Cuomo, Rosanna Capparelli, Antonio Iannelli, Domenico Iannelli

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. A proteomic signature of healthspan.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paola CuomoDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università, 100-Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4504-1714
Rosanna CapparelliDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università, 100-Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy.
Antonio IannelliDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Université Côte d' Azur, F-06108 Nice, France.
Domenico IannelliDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Università, 100-Portici, 80055 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9768-0679
University of Naples Federico II · ITInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) include leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Mammalians cannot synthesize these amino acids de novo and must acquire them through their diet. High levels of BCAAs are associated with insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes; obesity; and non-metabolic diseases, including several forms of cancer. BCAAs-in particular leucine-activate the rapamycin complex1 mTORC1, which regulates cell growth and metabolism, glucose metabolism and several more essential physiological processes. Diets rich in BCAAs are associated with metabolic diseases (listed above), while diets low in BCAAs are generally reported to promote metabolic health. As for the dysregulation of the metabolism caused by high levels of BCAAs, recent studies propose that the accumulation of acyl-carnitine and diacyl-CoA in muscles alters lipid metabolism. However, this suggestion is not broadly accepted. On clinical grounds, pre- and post-operative metabolic profiles of candidate patients for bariatric surgery are being used to select the optimal procedure for each individual patient.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Metabolic DiseasesNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAmino Acids, Branched-ChainAnimalsHumansLeucineMammalsObesityAmino Acids, Branched-ChainLeucineadiponectinbariatric surgerybranched-chain amino acids

Identifiers

PMID35457142
PMCPMC9030262
OpenAlexW4223906389

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