Amino Acids

Papers
(The median citation count of Amino Acids is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
In silico and in vivo neuropharmacological evaluation of two γ-amino acid isomers derived from 2,3-disubstituted benzofurans, as ligands of GluN1–GluN2A NMDA receptor87
Reply to homocysteine and copper ions: is their interaction responsible for cardiovascular‑related damage?80
Dietary L-arginine supplementation during days 14–25 of gestation enhances aquaporin expression in the placentae and endometria of gestating gilts70
Association between dietary essential amino acids intake and metabolic biomarkers: influence of obesity among Chinese children and adolescents59
Glycine protects against doxorubicin-induced heart toxicity in mice58
Taurine suppresses liquid–liquid phase separation of lysozyme protein58
PepAnalyzer: predicting peptide properties using its sequence57
Acetyl group for proper protection of β-sugar-amino acids used in SPPS53
Phenolic compounds as potential adenosine deaminase inhibitors: molecular docking and dynamics simulation coupled with MM-GBSA calculations51
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells display both pathogenic and protective roles in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases44
Methionine supplementation spares body protein by regulating the expression of mTORC1 downstream factors in rats fed a soy protein diet with sufficient sulfur amino acids: a pilot study41
Combined charge and hydrophobicity-guided screening of antibacterial peptides: two-level approach to predict antibacterial activity and efficacy41
BamA-targeted antimicrobial peptide design for enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicity39
Bromelain and ficin proteolytic effects on gliadin cytotoxicity and expression of genes involved in cell-tight junctions in Caco-2 cells37
Plasma free amino acid profiles are associated with serum high molecular weight adiponectin levels in Japanese medical check-up population without type 2 diabetes mellitus36
Sodium pyruvate improves the plasma amino acid profile in rats with l-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis35
PepTraq: a toolbox for in silico data mining and fast sequence filtering32
Impact of chemical modifications on the antimicrobial and hemolytic activity of helical amphipathic peptide Lasioglossin LL-III28
Biochemical and in silico molecular study of caffeic acid-O-methyltransferase enzyme associated with lignin deposition in tall fescue28
The renoprotective effects of taurine against diabetic nephropathy via the p38 MAPK and TGF-β/Smad2/3 signaling pathways28
Participation of protein metabolism in cancer progression and its potential targeting for the management of cancer25
Advanced glycation end products promote the progression of chronic kidney diseases by targeting calpain 624
N-Acetyl-L-cysteine in human rheumatoid arthritis and its effects on nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA): analytical and clinical considerations24
Effects of l-ascorbic acid (C6H8O6: Vit-C) on collagen amino acids: DFT study23
Molecular binding mechanism and novel antidiabetic and anti-hypertensive bioactive peptides from fermented camel milk with anti-inflammatory activity in raw macrophages cell lines23
L-valine production in Corynebacterium glutamicum based on systematic metabolic engineering: progress and prospects23
Serum amino acid profiles in patients with myasthenia gravis22
Detection of impurities in dietary supplements containing l-tryptophan22
Oral anserine supplementation does not attenuate type-2 diabetes or diabetic nephropathy in BTBR ob/ob mice22
Proline oxidase silencing inhibits p53-dependent apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells21
Human cell receptors: potential drug targets to combat COVID-1921
Cortisol enhances citrulline synthesis from proline in enterocytes of suckling piglets20
Antimicrobial peptidomes of Bothrops atrox and Bothrops jararacussu snake venoms20
Functional roles of polyamines and their metabolite acrolein in eukaryotic cells19
Carnosine and skeletal muscle dysfunction in a rodent multiple sclerosis model19
Serum and urinary carnosinase-1 correlate with kidney function and inflammation19
Identification of bacterial lipo-amino acids: origin of regenerated fatty acid carboxylate from dissociation of lipo-glutamate anion19
Cholesterol-lowering effects of taurine through the reduction of ileal FXR signaling due to the alteration of ileal bile acid composition19
Development and validation of multiple machine learning algorithms for the classification of G-protein-coupled receptors using molecular evolution model-based feature extraction strategy19
Branched-chain amino acids regulate intracellular protein turnover in porcine mammary epithelial cells18
Perspectives, past, present and future: the proline cycle/proline-collagen regulatory axis18
Using the dual isotope method to assess cecal amino acid absorption of goat whey protein in rats, a pilot study18
Fibroblast growth factor 9 attenuates sepsis-induced fulminant hepatitis in mice18
ATGPred-FL: sequence-based prediction of autophagy proteins with feature representation learning18
Cul5 mediates taurine-stimulated mTOR mRNA expression and proliferation of mouse mammary epithelial cells18
l-Arginine increases AMPK phosphorylation and the oxidation of energy substrates in hepatocytes, skeletal muscle cells, and adipocytes17
Effects of maternal branched-chain amino acid and alanine supplementation on growth and biomarkers of protein metabolism in dams fed a low-protein diet and their offspring17
Dietary L-arginine supplementation increases the hepatic expression of AMP-activated protein kinase in rats17
Amino acids, post-translational modifications, nitric oxide, and oxidative stress in serum and urine of long COVID and ex COVID human subjects16
A mutation in the S6 segment of the KvAP channel changes the secondary structure and alters ion channel activity in a lipid bilayer membrane16
Identification of a peptide that crosses the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier by phage display technology15
Antineoplastic activity of plant-derived compounds mediated through inhibition of histone deacetylase: a review15
A new 68Ga-labeled ornithine derivative for PET imaging of ornithine metabolism in tumors15
Glycine regulates mucosal immunity and the intestinal microbial composition in weaned piglets15
How does neurokinin 3 receptor agonism affect pathological and cognitive impairments in an Alzheimer’s disease-like rat model?15
Screening of AS101 analog, organotellurolate (IV) compound 2 for its in vitro biocompatibility, anticancer, and antibacterial activities15
Proline metabolism and redox; maintaining a balance in health and disease14
Multiple sclerosis and myelin basic protein: insights into protein disorder and disease14
Development, validation of a GC–MS method for the simultaneous measurement of amino acids, their PTM metabolites and AGEs in human urine, and application to the bi-ethnic ASOS study with special empha14
Amino acid-stimulated insulin secretion: a path forward in type 2 diabetes14
The ovine conceptus utilizes extracellular serine, glucose, and fructose to generate formate via the one carbon metabolism pathway14
Potential of milk-derived bioactive peptides as antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and xanthine oxidase inhibitors: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and updated review14
Estimation of bioactive peptide content of milk from different species using an in silico method14
Synthesis and screening for anticancer activity of two novel telluro-amino acids: 1,3-Tellurazolidine-4-carboxylic acid and tellurohomocystine14
Methylmalonic acid induces inflammatory response and redox homeostasis disruption in C6 astroglial cells: potential glioprotective roles of melatonin and resveratrol13
Antidiabetic activity of Tartary buckwheat protein-derived peptide AFYRW and its effects on protein glycosylation of pancreas in mice13
Hydroxyproline in animal metabolism, nutrition, and cell signaling12
Dietary leucine requirement of fingerling Channa punctatus (Bloch) based on growth, feed conversion and leucine retention efficiency, hematological parameters, antioxidant and intestinal enzyme activi12
Pancreastatin inhibitor PSTi8 ameliorates insulin resistance by decreasing fat accumulation and oxidative stress in high-fat diet-fed mice12
Chromogranin A-derived peptides pancreastatin and catestatin: emerging therapeutic target for diabetes12
Branched-chain amino acid supplementation does not enhance lean tissue accretion in low birth weight neonatal pigs, despite lower Sestrin2 expression in skeletal muscle12
Molecular targets for antifungals in amino acid and protein biosynthetic pathways12
d-Amino acid recognition of tripeptides studied by ultraviolet photodissociation spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded clusters12
Analysis of protonation equilibria of some alanyl dipeptides in water and aqueous ethanol mixtures12
Subchronic tolerance trials of graded oral supplementation with ornithine hydrochloride or citrulline in healthy adults11
Common alterations in plasma free amino acid profiles and gut microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites of five types of cancer patients11
Investigating molecular interactions between human transferrin and resveratrol through a unified experimental and computational approach: Role of natural compounds in Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics11
Biocidal and antibiofilm activities of arginine-based surfactants against Candida isolates11
Chiral resolution of plasma amino acids reveals enantiomer-selective associations with organ functions11
Peptide OA-VI12 restrains melanogenesis in B16 cells and C57B/6 mouse ear skin via the miR-122-5p/Mitf/Tyr axis11
PDZK1 improves ventricular remodeling in hypertensive rats by regulating the stability of the Mas receptor11
Solid-phase synthesis of d-fructose-derived Heyns peptides utilizing Nα-Fmoc-Lysin[Nε-(2-deoxy-d-glucos-2-yl),Nε-Boc]-OH as building block10
Free amino acid contents of selected Ethiopian plant and fungi species: a search for alternative natural free amino acid sources for cosmeceutical applications10
Acetylcholine hydrolytic activity of fibrillated β-amyloid (1–40) peptide10
Early vascular ageing phenotypes and urinary targeted metabolomics in children and young adults: the ExAMIN Youth SA and African-PREDICT studies10
Disruption of kynurenine pathway reveals physiological importance of tryptophan catabolism in Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata10
Scope and limitations of pseudoprolines as individual amino acids in peptide synthesis10
Serum metabolomics study of narcolepsy type 1 based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry10
Effect of lipopeptide extracted from Bacillus licheniformis on the expression of bap and luxI genes in multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa10
Automatic radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of 18F-AlF-PSMA-NF as a potential PET probe for prostate cancer imaging10
Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers10
The effect of insulin resistance on extracellular BCAA accumulation and SLC25A44 expression in a myotube model of skeletal muscle insulin resistance10
Antimicrobial peptide-loaded decellularized placental sponge as an excellent antibacterial skin substitute against XDR clinical isolates10
Electrostatically induced pKa shifts in oligopeptides: the upshot of neighboring side chains9
L-leucine stimulation of glucose uptake and utilization involves modulation of glucose – lipid metabolic switch and improved bioenergetic homeostasis in isolated rat psoas muscle ex vivo9
Specific and sensitive GC–MS analysis of hypusine, Nε-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyl)lysine, a biomarker of hypusinated eukaryotic initiation factor eIF5A, and its application to the bi-ethnic ASOS study9
Interorgan amino acid interchange in propionic acidemia: the missing key to understanding its physiopathology9
A mix of functional amino acids and grape polyphenols promotes the growth of piglets, modulates the gut microbiota in vivo and regulates epithelial homeostasis in intestinal organoids9
Synthesis and dopamine receptor binding of dihydrexidine and SKF 38393 catecholamine-based analogues9
Racemization-free synthesis of Nα-2-thiophenoyl-phenylalanine-2-morpholinoanilide enantiomers and their antimycobacterial activity9
A systematic review of preclinical studies on the efficacy of taurine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis9
miR27a, a fine-tuning molecule, interacts with growth hormone (GH) signaling and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) via targeting STAT59
Membrane interactions of Ocellatins. Where do antimicrobial gaps stem from?9
Sulbactam improves binding property and uptake capacity of glutamate transporter-1 and decreases glutamate concentration in the CA1 region of hippocampus of global brain ischemic rats9
Angiotensin-(3–7) alleviates isoprenaline-induced cardiac remodeling via attenuating cAMP-PKA and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways9
Tolerable amounts of amino acids for human supplementation: summary and lessons from published peer-reviewed studies9
Promotion of rs3746804 (p. L267P) polymorphism to intracellular SLC52A3a trafficking and riboflavin transportation in esophageal cancer cells9
Structural and evolutionary exploration of the IL-3 family and its alpha subunit receptors9
Investigation of the structure–activity relationship in a series of new LVV- and VV-hemorphin-7 analogues designed as potential anticonvulsant agents9
Potent bactericidal activity of reduced cryptdin-4 derived from its hydrophobicity and mediated by bacterial membrane disruption9
Straightforward synthesis of various chiral pyrimidines bearing a stereogenic center adjacent to the C-2 position, including C-terminal peptide isosteres8
Sex-related differences in plasma amino acids of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and glycine as risk marker of acute heart failure with preserved ejection fraction8
The association of fasting plasma thiol fractions with body fat compartments, biomarker profile, and adipose tissue gene expression8
Attenuation of doxorubicin-induced oxidative damage in rat brain by regulating amino acid homeostasis with Astragali Radix8
Deciphering the conformational landscape of few selected aromatic noncoded amino acids (NCAAs) for applications in rational design of peptide therapeutics8
Bioactive peptide apelin rescues acute kidney injury by protecting the function of renal tubular mitochondria8
A strategy can be used to analyze intracellular interaction proteomics of cell-surface receptors8
Large-scale analysis of circulating glutamate and adipose gene expression in relation to abdominal obesity8
Protein cysteine S-glycosylation: oxidative hydrolysis of protein S-glycosidic bonds in aqueous alkaline environments8
Characterization of thermostable serine hydroxymethyltransferase for β-hydroxy amino acids synthesis8
Altered kynurenine pathway metabolism and association with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus8
PepQSAR: a comprehensive data source and information platform for peptide quantitative structure–activity relationships8
Effect of AMPK activation and glucose availability on myotube LAT1 expression and BCAA utilization8
Absence of endogenous carnosine synthesis does not increase protein carbonylation and advanced lipoxidation end products in brain, kidney or muscle8
Elevated serum levels of kynurenine pathway metabolites in patients with Behçet disease8
GABAergic circuits of the basolateral amygdala and generation of anxiety after traumatic brain injury8
The serum amino acid profile in COVID-198
C-terminus amidation influences biological activity and membrane interaction of maculatin 1.18
Editorial7
Determination of amino acids in human biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography: critical review7
Leucine ingestion promotes mTOR translocation to the periphery and enhances total and peripheral RPS6 phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle7
Developmental dynamics of homoarginine, ADMA and SDMA plasma levels from birth to adolescence7
Comparison of homocitrulline and carbamylated albumin as biomarkers of carbamylation reactions in hemodialyzed patients7
Lyophilization and homogenization of biological samples improves reproducibility and reduces standard deviation in molecular biology techniques7
The effects of collagen peptide supplementation on body composition, collagen synthesis, and recovery from joint injury and exercise: a systematic review7
Ferrihydrite synthesis in the presence of amino acids and artificial seawater7
Proline metabolism in cancer7
Common pathogenic bacteria-induced reprogramming of the host proteinogenic amino acids metabolism7
Alkali salts of amino acids as alkaline additives for neutralization of acidic corrosion inhibitors7
Polyglutamylation: biology and analysis7
Emerging effects of tryptophan pathway metabolites and intestinal microbiota on metabolism and intestinal function7
Possible role of SIRT1 and SIRT3 in post-translational modifications in human breast milk during the neonatal period7
Correlation between serum carnosinase concentration and renal damage in diabetic nephropathy patients7
Binding of berberine to PEBP1 synergizes with sorafenib to induce the ferroptosis of hepatic stellate cells7
Global effects of RAB3GAP1 dysexpression on the proteome of mouse cortical neurons7
Paternal exposure to excessive methionine altered behavior and neurochemical activities in zebrafish offspring7
Complex relationship between amino acids, fitness and food intake in Bombus terrestris6
Neuroprotective effect of newly synthesized 4-aminopyridine derivatives on cuprizone-induced demyelination in mice—a behavioral and immunohistochemical study6
Far-UV circular dichroism signatures indicate fluorophore labeling induced conformational changes of penetratin6
Novel antimicrobial cruzioseptin peptides extracted from the splendid leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer6
Furanonyl amino acid derivatives as hemostatic drugs: design, synthesis and hemostasis performance6
Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses for the characterization of parathyroid oxyphil cells in uremic patients6
BR-bombesin: a novel bombesin-related peptide from the skin secretion of the Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) with physiological gastric effects6
PYCR, a key enzyme in proline metabolism, functions in tumorigenesis6
Gamma-gliadin specific celiac disease antibodies recognize p31-43 and p57-68 alpha gliadin peptides in deamidation related manner as a result of cross-reaction6
Hypusinated EIF5A as a feasible drug target for Advanced Medicinal Therapies in the treatment of pathogenic parasites and therapy-resistant tumors6
Identifying a role for the interaction of homocysteine and copper in promoting cardiovascular-related damage6
Activation of proline metabolism maintains ATP levels during cocaine-induced polyADP-ribosylation6
Intramolecular cyclization of isothiocyanyl amino acids/peptide: arrival at unnatural thioxoimidazolidinyl/thioxooxazolidinyl amino acids6
Overexpression of recombinant proteins containing non-canonical amino acids in Vibrio natriegens: p-azido-L-phenylalanine as coupling site for 19F-tags6
Effects of the l-tyrosine-derived bacterial metabolite p-cresol on colonic and peripheral cells6
Biochemistry of plants N–heterocyclic non-protein amino acids6
The effect of acidic pH on the adsorption and lytic activity of the peptides Polybia-MP1 and its histidine-containing analog in anionic lipid membrane: a biophysical study by molecular dynamics and sp6
Cytoprotective effect of taurine against sodium chlorate-induced oxidative damage in human red blood cells: an ex vivo study6
Effects of time-of-day on the concentration of defined excitatory and inhibitory amino acids in the cerebrospinal fluid of rats: a microdialysis study6
Molecular species of oxidized phospholipids in brain differentiate between learning- and memory impaired and unimpaired aged rats6
Taurine supplementation enhances endurance capacity by delaying blood glucose decline during prolonged exercise in rats6
Current status of PTMs structural databases: applications, limitations and prospects6
Hypertension alters the function and expression profile of the peptide cotransporters PEPT1 and PEPT2 in the rodent renal proximal tubule6
Post-translational modifications (PTM): analytical approaches, signaling, physiology and pathophysiology—part I5
Epibrassinolide prevents tau hyperphosphorylation via GSK3β inhibition in vitro and improves Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan and motor deficits in combination with roscovitine5
A novel family of non-secreted tridecaptin lipopeptide produced by Paenibacillus elgii5
Accurately quantified plasma free glycine concentration as a biomarker in patients with acute ischemic stroke5
Impact of essential amino acid intake, resistance exercise, and aging on the concentration of Achilles peritendinous amino acids and procollagen Iα1 in humans5
Dietary supplementation with l-arginine between days 14 and 25 of gestation enhances NO and polyamine syntheses and the expression of angiogenic proteins in porcine placentae5
Vanadium carbide MXene: as a reductant for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles and its biosensing application5
Rationally designed PMAP-23 derivatives with enhanced bactericidal and anticancer activity based on the molecular mechanism of peptide–membrane interactions5
The first evidence of biological activity for free Hypusine, an enigmatic amino acid discovered in the '70s5
Divergent synthesis of biologically active l-threo-β-hydroxyaspartates from common trans-oxazolidine dicarboxylate5
Exploring details about structure requirements based on antioxidant tripeptide derived from β-Lactoglobulin by in silico approaches5
Postprandial amino acid availability after intake of intact or hydrolyzed meat protein in a mixed meal in healthy elderly subjects: a randomized, single blind crossover trial5
Correction to: The novel inhibitors of serine proteases5
Thermal tolerance role of novel polyamine, caldopentamine, identified in fifth instar Bombyx mori5
Covalent-reversible peptide-based protease inhibitors. Design, synthesis, and clinical success stories5
Synthesis and biological study of new galanthamine-peptide derivatives designed for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease5
Development of a 2-pyrrolidone biosynthetic pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum by engineering an acetyl-CoA balance route5
Stereoselective synthesis of S-norvaline and related amino acids through a common intermediate5
Chemical properties of inner and surficial regions of hydrogen-bonded clusters of biological molecules: ultraviolet photodissociation and water adsorption analyses in the gas phase5
Correction to: The association of fasting plasma thiol fractions with body fat compartments, biomarker profile, and adipose tissue gene expression5
Structural insights into the amino acid usage variations in the profilin gene family4
Screening of commonly prescribed drugs for effects on the CAT1-mediated transport of l-arginine and arginine derivatives4
Effect of l-serine on oxidative stress markers in the kidney of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice4
Voltammetric studies of glutathione transfer across arrays of liquid–liquid microinterfaces for sensing applications4
Allyl isothiocyanate inhibits invasion and angiogenesis in breast cancer via EGFR-mediated JAK-1/STAT-3 signaling pathway4
Amino acid analysis as a method of discovering biomarkers for diagnosis of diabetes and its complications4
Methionine sulfoxide and the methionine sulfoxide reductase system as modulators of signal transduction pathways: a review4
Transcriptome analysis of l-leucine-producing Corynebacterium glutamicum under the addition of trimethylglycine4
Fast killing kinetics, significant therapeutic index, and high stability of melittin-derived antimicrobial peptide4
Meta-proteomic analysis of two mammoth’s trunks by EVA technology and high-resolution mass spectrometry for an indirect picture of their habitat and the characterization of the collagen type I, alpha-4
HPLC method with post-column derivatization for the analysis of endogenous histidine in human saliva validated using the total-error concept4
Characterization of a polyclonal antibody that is highly selective for the d-isoAsp-25 variant of mammalian histone H2B4
Editorial4
Protective effects of glycine against lipopolysaccharide-induced intestinal apoptosis and inflammation4
The optimum dietary methionine requirement of juvenile humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis): effects on growth, micromorphology, protein and lipid metabolism4
Amino acid metabolism dysregulation associated with inflammation and insulin resistance in HIV-infected individuals with metabolic disorders4
Untargeted metabolomics analysis of plasma metabolic characteristics in patients with acne and insulin resistance4
Design and modification of frog skin peptide brevinin-1GHa with enhanced antimicrobial activity on Gram-positive bacterial strains4
N-Propargylglycine: a unique suicide inhibitor of proline dehydrogenase with anticancer activity and brain-enhancing mitohormesis properties4
Methylarginine efflux in nutrient-deprived yeast mitigates disruption of nitric oxide synthesis4
Longitudinal metabolomics profiling of serum amino acids in rotenone-induced Parkinson's mouse model4
A two-step ensemble learning for predicting protein hot spot residues from whole protein sequence4
Authentication of three main commercial Pheretima based on amino acids analysis4
Uterine histotroph and conceptus development: III. Adrenomedullin stimulates proliferation, migration and adhesion of porcine trophectoderm cells via AKT-TSC2-MTOR cell signaling pathway4
Microbiota-derived tryptophan metabolites in vascular inflammation and cardiovascular disease4
DeepBSRPred: deep learning-based binding site residue prediction for proteins4
LEAP2 has antagonized the ghrelin receptor GHSR1a since its emergence in ancient fish4
Polyamine synthesis from arginine and proline in tissues of developing chickens4
Chemical approaches in the development of natural nontoxic peptide Polybia-MP1 as a potential dual antimicrobial and antitumor agent4
Carnosine increases insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and reduces methylglyoxal-modified proteins in type-2 diabetic human skeletal muscle cells4
Greater plasma essential amino acids and lower 3-methylhistidine with higher protein intake during endurance training: a randomised control trial4
Urinary excretion of asymmetric (ADMA) and symmetric (SDMA) dimethylarginine is positively related to nitric oxide level in tissues of normotensive and hypertensive rats4
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