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Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of chronic liver disease in childhood and strongly associated with obesity. Routine biochemical non-invasive tests remain with low accuracy for diagnosis of NAFLD. We performed a cross-sectional study to examine potential associations betwee...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7352859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061650 |
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author | Barretto, Junaura R. Boa-Sorte, Ney Vinhaes, Caian L. Malta-Santos, Hayna Rebouças-Silva, Jessica Ramos, Camila F. Torres-Nascimento, Monica A. S. Borges, Valeria M. Andrade, Bruno B. |
author_facet | Barretto, Junaura R. Boa-Sorte, Ney Vinhaes, Caian L. Malta-Santos, Hayna Rebouças-Silva, Jessica Ramos, Camila F. Torres-Nascimento, Monica A. S. Borges, Valeria M. Andrade, Bruno B. |
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description | Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of chronic liver disease in childhood and strongly associated with obesity. Routine biochemical non-invasive tests remain with low accuracy for diagnosis of NAFLD. We performed a cross-sectional study to examine potential associations between anthropometric and biochemical parameters, specially TGF-β, a prognosis marker for hepatic steatosis (HS). Between May and October 2019, seventy-two overweight adolescents were enrolled, of which 36 had hepatic steatosis. Hepatic, lipidic and glycemic profiles, and levels of vitamin D, ferritin and TGF-β were analyzed. Hierarchical cluster and a discriminant model using canonical correlations were employed to depict the overall expression profile of biochemical markers and the biochemical degree of perturbation. Median values of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and TGF-β were higher in the adolescents with HS. Values of body mass index (BMI)/age and ALT, but not of TGF-β, were gradually increased proportionally to augmentation of steatosis severity. In a multivariate analysis, TGF-β plasma concentrations were associated with occurrence of hepatic steatosis independent of other covariates. Discriminant analysis confirmed that TGF-β concentrations can identify HS cases. Our data reveal that HS patients exhibit a distinct biosignature of biochemical parameters and imply TGF-β as an important biomarker to evaluate risk of steatosis development. |
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spelling | pubmed-73528592020-07-15 Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Barretto, Junaura R. Boa-Sorte, Ney Vinhaes, Caian L. Malta-Santos, Hayna Rebouças-Silva, Jessica Ramos, Camila F. Torres-Nascimento, Monica A. S. Borges, Valeria M. Andrade, Bruno B. Nutrients Article Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is a common cause of chronic liver disease in childhood and strongly associated with obesity. Routine biochemical non-invasive tests remain with low accuracy for diagnosis of NAFLD. We performed a cross-sectional study to examine potential associations between anthropometric and biochemical parameters, specially TGF-β, a prognosis marker for hepatic steatosis (HS). Between May and October 2019, seventy-two overweight adolescents were enrolled, of which 36 had hepatic steatosis. Hepatic, lipidic and glycemic profiles, and levels of vitamin D, ferritin and TGF-β were analyzed. Hierarchical cluster and a discriminant model using canonical correlations were employed to depict the overall expression profile of biochemical markers and the biochemical degree of perturbation. Median values of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), and TGF-β were higher in the adolescents with HS. Values of body mass index (BMI)/age and ALT, but not of TGF-β, were gradually increased proportionally to augmentation of steatosis severity. In a multivariate analysis, TGF-β plasma concentrations were associated with occurrence of hepatic steatosis independent of other covariates. Discriminant analysis confirmed that TGF-β concentrations can identify HS cases. Our data reveal that HS patients exhibit a distinct biosignature of biochemical parameters and imply TGF-β as an important biomarker to evaluate risk of steatosis development. MDPI 2020-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7352859/ /pubmed/32498337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061650 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Barretto, Junaura R. Boa-Sorte, Ney Vinhaes, Caian L. Malta-Santos, Hayna Rebouças-Silva, Jessica Ramos, Camila F. Torres-Nascimento, Monica A. S. Borges, Valeria M. Andrade, Bruno B. Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Heightened Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β) and Increased Degree of Systemic Biochemical Perturbation Characterizes Hepatic Steatosis in Overweight Pediatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | heightened plasma levels of transforming growth factor beta (tgf-β) and increased degree of systemic biochemical perturbation characterizes hepatic steatosis in overweight pediatric patients: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7352859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061650 |
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