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| Home > Articles > Published articles > Biomarkers of Frailty in Patients with Advanced Chronic Liver Disease Undergoing a Multifactorial Intervention Consisting of Home Exercise, Branched-Chain Amino Acids, and Probiotics |
(University of Bologna) (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) (University of Camerino) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (University of Bologna) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (University of Camerino) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau)| Date: | 2024 |
| Abstract: | Frailty in cirrhosis or advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD) is a relevant prognostic factor. In the present study, we aimed to analyze potential biomarkers associated with frailty and its improvement in patients with ACLD. We analyzed the serum of outpatients with ACLD who participated in a previous study (Román, Hepatol Commun 2024) in which frailty was assessed using the liver frailty index (LFI), and patients who were frail or prefrail were randomized to a multifactorial intervention (home exercise, branched-chain amino acids, and probiotics) or control for 12 months. We determined a biomarker battery of inflammation, bacterial translocation, and liver damage in blood and urine and blood metabolomics by H-NMR. Thirty-seven patients were included. According to the LFI, 32 patients were frail or prefrail, and 5 were robust. At baseline, LFI correlated with LBP, sCD163, mtDNA, FGF-21, urinary NGAL, urinary claudin-3, and the metabolites mannose, ethanol, and isoleucine. During the study, patients in the intervention group showed an improvement in LFI and a decrease in CRP, LBP, sCD163, and ccK18 compared to the control group. Metabolomics showed a decrease in dimethyl sulfone and creatinine and an increase in malonate, ornithine, isoleucine, and valine in the intervention group. We conclude that frailty in patients with ACLD is associated with biomarkers of systemic inflammation, bacterial translocation, and liver damage, and alterations of amino acid and short-chain fatty acid metabolism. |
| Grants: | Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI19/00275 |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: | Branched-chain amino acids ; Exercise ; Inflammation ; Metabolomics ; Probiotics |
| Published in: | Biomolecules, Vol. 14 Núm. 11 (november 2024) , p. 1410, ISSN 2218-273X |
