Circulating glutamate concentration as a biomarker of visceral obesity and associated metabolic alterations

Circulating glutamate concentration as a biomarker of visceral obesity and associated metabolic alterations

Abstract Background Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area is a strong predictor of obesity-related cardiometabolic alterations, but its measurement is costly, time consuming and, in some cases, involves radiation exposure. Glutamate, a by-product of branched-chain-amino-acid (BCAA) catabolism, has been...

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Main Authors: Ina Maltais-Payette, Marie-Michèle Boulet, Cornelia Prehn, Jerzy Adamski, André Tchernof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
Subjects:
Glutamate
Metabolomics
Branched-chain amino acids
Visceral obesity
Waist circumference
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12986-018-0316-5

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