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Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom)

Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure

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Sun, H; Wang, Y
January 1, 2015

Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) are essential amino acids for protein synthesis and also serve as critical signaling molecules for cellular growth and metabolic regulations. The homeostasis of BCAA is regulated by food uptake and intrinsic catabolic activities. Genetic defects in BCAA catabolic pathways can cause cardiomyopathies and suppressed BCAA catabolic activities are observed in common forms of human heart diseases. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of BCAA function and its misregulation under pathological stress in heart diseases remain to be explored. Nevertheless, BCAA catabolic regulation is potential diagnosis and therapeutic target for heart failure.

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January 1, 2015

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Part F3914

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81 / 88
 

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Sun, H., & Wang, Y. (2015). Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure. In Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom) (Vol. Part F3914, pp. 81–88). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1914-7_6
Sun, H., and Y. Wang. “Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure.” In Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom), Part F3914:81–88, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1914-7_6.
Sun H, Wang Y. Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure. In: Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom). 2015. p. 81–8.
Sun, H., and Y. Wang. “Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure.” Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom), vol. Part F3914, 2015, pp. 81–88. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1914-7_6.
Sun H, Wang Y. Branched Chain Amino Acids in Heart Failure. Nutrition and Health (United Kingdom). 2015. p. 81–88.

DOI

Publication Date

January 1, 2015

Volume

Part F3914

Start / End Page

81 / 88