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SUBMITTER: Yoshida N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7779268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of diabetes investigation 20200726 1
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an important therapeutic option for morbidly obese patients. Although LSG promotes sufficient weight loss, how LSG changes plasma metabolites remains unclear. We assessed changes in plasma metabolite levels after LSG. We collected plasma samples from 15 morbidly obese Japanese patients before and 3 months after LSG. A total of 48 metabolites were quantified using capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling. Branc ...[more]