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Metabolites, Volume 12, Issue 2

February 2022 - 107 articles

Cover Story: Aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index (APRI) has been proposed as an easy-to-use biochemical marker in obese adults affected by NAFLD/NASH, while its value is still poorly known in obese children and adolescents so far. Based on the results of our study performed in a large (Italian) pediatric obese population, parameters such as BMI SDS, triglycerides, HOMA-IR, and APRI were positive predictors of NAFLD, while female sex was a negative predictor, with most of the prediction explained by APRI. Nevertheless, due to the missing correlations with metabolic syndrome and NAFLD severity, APRI seems to be a simple biochemical marker of liver injury rather than of NAFLD/NASH and, moreover, is endowed with a limited accuracy for the prediction/diagnosis of NAFLD. View this paper
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Articles (107)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,536 Views
20 Pages

Effect of Supplementation with Olive Leaf Extract Enriched with Oleuropein on the Metabolome and Redox Status of Athletes’ Blood and Urine—A Metabolomic Approach

  • Nikolaos Lemonakis,
  • Vassilis Mougios,
  • Maria Halabalaki,
  • Ioanna Dagla,
  • Anthony Tsarbopoulos,
  • Alexios-Leandros Skaltsounis and
  • Evagelos Gikas

20 February 2022

Oleuropein (OE) is a secoiridoid glycoside occurring mostly in the Oleaceae family and presenting several pharmacological properties, including hypolipidemic and antioxidant properties. Based on these, several dietary supplements containing olive lea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
146 Citations
12,795 Views
32 Pages

The Potential of Metabolomics in Biomedical Applications

  • Vanessa Gonzalez-Covarrubias,
  • Eduardo Martínez-Martínez and
  • Laura del Bosque-Plata

19 February 2022

The metabolome offers a dynamic, comprehensive, and precise picture of the phenotype. Current high-throughput technologies have allowed the discovery of relevant metabolites that characterize a wide variety of human phenotypes with respect to health,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,517 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2022

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is required for ensuring proper muscle functioning. Knockout of the taurine transporter in mice results in low taurine concentrations in the muscle and associates with myofiber necrosis and diminished exercise cap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,955 Views
17 Pages

Plasma Oxylipin Profile Discriminates Ethnicities in Subjects with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: An Exploratory Analysis

  • Tagreed A. Mazi,
  • Kamil Borkowski,
  • Oliver Fiehn,
  • Christopher L. Bowlus,
  • Souvik Sarkar,
  • Karen Matsukuma,
  • Mohamed R. Ali,
  • Dorothy A. Kieffer,
  • Yu-Jui Y. Wan and
  • Kimber L. Stanhope
  • + 3 authors

19 February 2022

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver pathology that includes steatosis, or non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Without a clear pathophysiological mechanism, it affects Hispanics dispropor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,672 Views
14 Pages

Body Weight Gain Is Associated with the Disease Stage in Advanced Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Invasive Ventilation

  • Yuki Nakayama,
  • Toshio Shimizu,
  • Chiharu Matsuda,
  • Michiko Haraguchi,
  • Kentaro Hayashi,
  • Kota Bokuda,
  • Masahiro Nagao,
  • Akihiro Kawata and
  • Kazushi Takahashi

19 February 2022

We investigated the incidence of weight gain and its related factors in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who underwent tracheostomy and invasive ventilation (TIV). Seventy-eight patients with ALS and TIV were enrolled and followed up...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,372 Views
18 Pages

Complex Changes in Membrane Lipids Associated with the Modification of Autophagy in Arabidopsis

  • Yosia Mugume,
  • Geng Ding,
  • Maria Emilia Dueñas,
  • Meiling Liu,
  • Young-Jin Lee,
  • Basil J. Nikolau and
  • Diane C. Bassham

18 February 2022

Autophagy is a conserved mechanism among eukaryotes that degrades and recycles cytoplasmic components. Autophagy is known to influence the plant metabolome, including lipid content; however, its impact on the plant lipidome is not fully understood, a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,476 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2022

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a non-invasive and non-ionizing technique, enabling in vivo investigation of cardiac metabolism in normal and diseased hearts. In vivo measurement tools are critical for studying mechanisms that regulate cardi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,057 Views
21 Pages

Alkaloid Profiling, Anti-Enzymatic and Antiproliferative Activity of the Endemic Chilean Amaryllidaceae Phycella cyrtanthoides

  • Carlos Fernández-Galleguillos,
  • Javier Romero-Parra,
  • Adrián Puerta,
  • José M. Padrón and
  • Mario J. Simirgiotis

18 February 2022

This research aims to identify the alkaloid profile and to evaluate the enzyme inhibitory potential and antiproliferative effects of the Amaryllidaceae plant Phycella cyrtanthoides. The alkaloid extracts from bulbs and leaves were analyzed using ultr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,076 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2022

Sphingolipids constitute a complex class of bioactive lipids with diverse structural and functional roles in neural tissue. Lipidomic techniques continue to provide evidence for their association in neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,592 Views
11 Pages

17 February 2022

Scientists often set ambitious targets using environmental metabolomics to address challenging ecotoxicological issues. This promising approach has a high potential to elucidate the mechanisms of action (MeOAs) of contaminants (in hazard assessments)...

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