Amino Acid Metabolism and Function in Human Diseases
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 852
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metabolism of amino acids; fatty acids; bile acids; civilization diseases; obesity; gallstone disease; colorectal cancer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disturbances in amino acid biochemical pathways have been linked to many civilization diseases such as diabetes, obesity, liver disease, and heart disease, which are associated with changes in lifestyle, improper diet, and low physical activity. Early detection and proper action preventing the development of civilization diseases in children is of special importance. As more evidence concerning amino acid disturbances connected with civilization disease is published, gaining more knowledge on their profile in various biological fluids in children is meaningful. Although the biochemistry of amino acid metabolism is known, appropriate amino acid profile interpretation using adequate reference intervals in children is just as important as understanding the role of each individual amino acid in disease onset and progression.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide new insights into amino acid metabolism in different human diseases linked to environmental changes, both children and adults. As more and more laboratories are technically ready to accurately and precisely measure amino acid profiles in biological fluids, looking at different amino acid profiles and using them as independent predictors of disease progression deserves in-depth study.
Dr. Jolanta Bugajska
Prof. Dr. Krystyna Sztefko
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- free amino acids
- civilization diseases
- obesity
- diabetes
- liver disease
- heart diseases
- reference intervals
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