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ReviewBiomedicines2022

The Emerging Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Liver Diseases.

Emily Kwun Kwan Lo, Felicianna, Jing-Hang Xu, Qiao Zhan, Zheng Zeng, Hani El-Nezami

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of branched-chain amino acids on changes in body composition during the recovery period following tonsillectomy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Emily Kwun Kwan LoSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9258-0716
FeliciannaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Jing-Hang XuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8848-3876
Qiao ZhanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7785-2373
Zheng ZengDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100034, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4997-4223
Hani El-NezamiSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6700-4346
Peking University · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 61972007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic liver diseases pose a substantial health burden worldwide, with approximately two million deaths each year. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)-valine, leucine, and isoleucine-are a group of essential amino acids that are essential for human health. Despite the necessity of a dietary intake of BCAA, emerging data indicate the undeniable correlation between elevated circulating BCAA levels and chronic liver diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Moreover, circulatory BCAAs were positively associated with a higher cholesterol level, liver fat content, and insulin resistance (IR). However, BCAA supplementation was found to provide positive outcomes in cirrhosis and HCC patients. This review will attempt to address the contradictory claims found in the literature, with a special focus on BCAAs' distribution, key signaling pathways, and the modulation of gut microbiota. This should provide a better understanding of BCAAs' possible contribution to liver health.

Indexed as

branched-chain amino acidscirrhosishepatocellular carcinomaliver diseasesnon-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Identifiers

PMID35740464
PMCPMC9220261
OpenAlexW4283071313

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