Scholars@Duke
Bryan David Badal

Bryan David Badal

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterology

Selected Publications

Substitution of One Meat-Based Meal With Vegetarian and Vegan Alternatives Generates Lower Ammonia and Alters Metabolites in Cirrhosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal Article Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology · June 2024 INTRODUCTION:Diet can affect ammoniagenesis in cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy (HE), but the impact of dietary preferences on metabolomics in cirrhosis is unclear. As ... Full text Cite

Hepatic Encephalopathy in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

Journal Article Clinics in Liver Disease · August 2023 Full text Cite

Primary prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is linked to antibiotic resistance in the Veterans Health Administration

Journal Article Hepatology · June 2023 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a major cause of mortality. Although SBP primary prophylaxis (SBPPr) with fluoroquinolones and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is often used, resist ... Full text Cite

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Journal Article Medical Clinics of North America · May 2023 Full text Cite

Whoop there it is: decoding sleep, cirrhosis, and HE

Journal Article Hepatology Communications · March 2023 Full text Cite

Patient‐ and provider‐level factors that underlie alcohol use disorder treatment offer and acceptance in veterans with cirrhosis

Journal Article Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research · May 2022 AbstractBackgroundUntreated alcohol use disorder (AUD) is associated with poor cirrhosis outcomes. We evaluated factors associated with AUD treatment discussions and initiation in the Vete ... Full text Cite

PAS kinase is activated by direct SNF1-dependent phosphorylation and mediates inhibition of TORC1 through the phosphorylation and activation of Pbp1

Journal Article Molecular Biology of the Cell · February 2015 We describe the interplay between three sensory protein kinases in yeast: AMP-regulated kinase (AMPK, or SNF1 in yeast), PAS kinase 1 (Psk1 in yeast), and the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1). This signaling cascade occurs through the SNF1-dep ... Full text Cite