Ammonia Metabolism in the Aging Liver: Emerging Mechanistic Insights
Age-related liver dysfunction disrupts ammonia metabolism, linking hepatic aging to brain and muscle decline.
This Aging Cell review synthesizes emerging evidence on how age-related liver dysfunction leads to impaired ammonia metabolism and systemic ammonia accumulation, connecting hepatic aging to cognitive impairment, sarcopenia, and reduced healthspan. The findings position ammonia dysregulation as a targetable systemic biomarker of biological liver aging with potential therapeutic implications.
What the study was
- Study design
- Narrative review
- Population
- Aging adults with hepatic metabolic decline and ammonia dysregulation
- Category
- Other
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- Aging cell
Why it surfaced
Aging Cell review on ammonia metabolism as aging liver biomarker with systemic effects; emerging mechanistic framework with therapeutic targeting potential.
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