Dietary Advice and Guidance on Liver Metabolism
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2025) | Viewed by 4232
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metabolic syndrome; liver diseases; NAFLD/NASH; chronic low-grade inflammation; dietary patterns; Mediterranean diet
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Dear Colleagues,
The liver is the metabolic power plant of the organism, playing a central role in regulating energy balance, synthesizing molecules used by all organs and tissues, and converting molecules of one type to another, including the detoxification of drugs and xenobiotics as alcohol. The major functions of the liver include the metabolism of carbohydrates (glycogenesis, glycolysis, and gluconeogenesis), fats (triglycerides’ oxidation and the synthesis of triglycerides, cholesterol, bile acids, phospholipids, and lipoproteins), and proteins (the synthesis of non-essential amino acids and the majority of plasma proteins, and the removal of ammonia by the synthesis of urea). Due to its central role in the metabolic process, liver disease can represent both the cause and effect of metabolic disruption: in physiological conditions, the liver maintains metabolic homeostasis, but when pathology occurs, different degrees and etiologies of diseases can significantly affect its contribution to the metabolic process. Therefore, specific dietary approaches are necessary to preserve liver health in normal conditions to help to maintain liver function in compensated diseases, and to support it without overloading the residual function in decompensated and end-stage liver diseases.
Nutrients, and in particular, this Special Issue, titled “Dietary Advice and Guidance on Liver Metabolism”, has been developed to address this important topic. Researchers are invited to submit original research, protocol developments, methodological studies, narrative or systematic reviews, and meta-analyses in relation to this topic.
Dr. Silvia Ferri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dietary patterns
- liver metabolism
- chronic liver disease
- NAFLD/NASH
- end-stage liver disease
- nutraceutical supplements
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- metabolic syndrome
- alcohol metabolism
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