2020
Effect of Gut Microbiota and PNPLA3 rs738409 Variant on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Obese Youth
Kravetz A, Testerman T, Galuppo B, Graf J, Pierpont B, Siebel S, Feinn R, Santoro N. Effect of Gut Microbiota and PNPLA3 rs738409 Variant on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Obese Youth. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2020, 105: dgaa382. PMID: 32561908, PMCID: PMC7458486, DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseHepatic fat fractionFatty liver diseasePNPLA3 rs738409Obese youthLiver diseaseGut microbiotaDifferent gut microbiota compositionNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseOral glucose tolerance testPNPLA3 rs738409 variantPediatric obesity clinicGlucose tolerance testCross-sectional studyGut microbiota compositionAbdominal magnetic resonanceNAFLD statusRs738409 variantObesity clinicPNPLA3 genotypeObese childrenTolerance testBacteroidetes ratioCommon causeRs738409
2017
Oxidized Derivatives of Linoleic Acid in Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Is Their Pathogenic Role Modulated by the Genetic Background and the Gut Microbiota?
Tricò D, Di Sessa A, Caprio S, Chalasani N, Liu W, Liang T, Graf J, Herzog R, Johnson CD, Umano GR, Feldstein AE, Santoro N. Oxidized Derivatives of Linoleic Acid in Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Is Their Pathogenic Role Modulated by the Genetic Background and the Gut Microbiota? Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 2017, 30: 241-250. PMID: 28279074, PMCID: PMC6277079, DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge FactorsBiomarkersChildDelta-5 Fatty Acid DesaturaseDisease SusceptibilityFatty Acid DesaturasesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGenetic BackgroundGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHaplotypesHumansLinoleic AcidLipid MetabolismLipoproteinsMaleMetabolic SyndromeMetabolomeObesityOxidation-ReductionConceptsProatherogenic lipoprotein profilePediatric metabolic syndromeLipoprotein profileGut microbiotaGut bacterial loadMetabolic syndromeObese adolescentsSmall dense low-density lipoproteinBacterial loadAdverse lipoprotein profileLow-density lipoprotein particlesHigher plasma concentrationsLow-density lipoproteinLinoleic acid metabolitesPlasma 9Haplotype AAPathogenic rolePlasma concentrationsGenetic predispositionAcid metabolitesGenetic backgroundLipoprotein particlesMetSSyndromeMicrobiota