{"title":"Does sweet turn sour? How aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis in a preclinical model","authors":"M. Yanina Pepino, Jaume Amengual","doi":"10.1016/j.cmet.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener (LCS), was shown to be safe through extensive pre-clinical and clinical tests. However, epidemiological data link aspartame and other LCSs to higher cardiovascular risk. In this issue of <em>Cell Metabolism</em>, Wu et al.<span><span><sup>1</sup></span></span> show that aspartame accelerates atherosclerosis via a vagal-mediated insulin-dependent mechanism in a hyperlipidemic mouse model.","PeriodicalId":9840,"journal":{"name":"Cell metabolism","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":27.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cell metabolism","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2025.04.003","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener (LCS), was shown to be safe through extensive pre-clinical and clinical tests. However, epidemiological data link aspartame and other LCSs to higher cardiovascular risk. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Wu et al.1 show that aspartame accelerates atherosclerosis via a vagal-mediated insulin-dependent mechanism in a hyperlipidemic mouse model.
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Cell Metabolism is a top research journal established in 2005 that focuses on publishing original and impactful papers in the field of metabolic research.It covers a wide range of topics including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular biology, aging and stress responses, circadian biology, and many others.
Cell Metabolism aims to contribute to the advancement of metabolic research by providing a platform for the publication and dissemination of high-quality research and thought-provoking articles.