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β-Hydroxybutyrate: A Signaling Metabolite

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Newman, John C., Verdin, Eric·2017·Annual Review of Nutrition

DOI 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064916PMC PMC6640868

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Various mechanisms in the mammalian body provide resilience against food deprivation and dietary stress. The ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is synthesized in the liver from fatty acids and represents an essential carrier of energy from the liver to peripheral tissues when the supply of glucose is too low for the body's energetic needs, such as during periods of prolonged exercise, starvation, or absence of dietary carbohydrates. In addition to its activity as an energetic metabolite, BHB is increasingly understood to have cellular signaling functions. These signaling functions of BHB broadly link the outside environment to epigenetic gene regulation and cellular function, and their actions may be relevant to a variety of human diseases as well as human aging.

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Authors: Newman, J. C., & Verdin, E.
Affiliations: Gladstone Institutes (US)
ORCID: Verdin, Eric
Venue: Annual Review of Nutrition
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2017-08-21
Volume: 37
Issue: 1
Pages: 51-76
ISSN: 0199-9885 (ISSN-L)
1545-4312
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071816-064916
PMC: PMC6640868
OpenAlex: W2747163024
Cited by: 872
References: 163
Citations by year: 2026: 146 · 2025: 160 · 2024: 126 · 2023: 100 · 2022: 106 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 72 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 1
FWCI: 4.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.annualreviews.org/licenses/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Annual Review of Nutrition (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging (K08AG048354)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R24DK085610)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Diet and metabolism studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Dietary Effects on Health
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Keywords: beta-hydroxybutyrate, ketone bodies, signal transduction, epigenetic regulation, energy metabolism, fasting, starvation, physical activity, nutritional stress, aging
MeSH terms: Aging, Animals, Humans, Liver, Starvation, Signal Transduction, 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Epigenesis, Genetic

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