Uric acid stimulates fructokinase and accelerates fructose metabolism in the development of fatty liver.

Uric acid stimulates fructokinase and accelerates fructose metabolism in the development of fatty liver.

Excessive dietary fructose intake may have an important role in the current epidemics of fatty liver, obesity and diabetes as its intake parallels the development of these syndromes and because it can induce features of metabolic syndrome. The effects of fructose to induce fatty liver, hypertriglyce...

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Main Authors: Miguel A Lanaspa, Laura G Sanchez-Lozada, Christina Cicerchi, Nanxing Li, Carlos A Roncal-Jimenez, Takuji Ishimoto, Myphuong Le, Gabriela E Garcia, Jeffrey B Thomas, Christopher J Rivard, Ana Andres-Hernando, Brandi Hunter, George Schreiner, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, Yuri Y Sautin, Richard J Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480441?pdf=render

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