A higher bacterial inward BCAA transport driven by Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is associated with lower serum levels of BCAA in early adolescents
Abstract Background Elevations of circulating branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are observed in humans with obesity and metabolic comorbidities, such as insulin resistance. Although it has been described that microbial metabolism contributes to the circulating pool of these amino acids, studies are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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Series: | Molecular Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-021-00371-7 |