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. 2021 Dec 23:8:795599.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.795599. eCollection 2021.

Improving Brain Creatine Uptake by Klotho Protein Stimulation: Can Diet Hit the Big Time?

Sergej M Ostojic  1 , Dagrun Engeset  1
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Improving Brain Creatine Uptake by Klotho Protein Stimulation: Can Diet Hit the Big Time?

Sergej M Ostojic et al. Front Nutr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: CT1; Klotho (KL); brain; creatine; curcumin; low-calorie high-protein diet; phosphate-restricted diet; vitamin D2.

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Conflict of interest statement

SO serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board on creatine in health and medicine (AlzChem LLC.). SO owns patent “Sports Supplements Based on Liquid Creatine” at European Patent Office (WO2019150323 A1), and active patent application “Synergistic Creatine” at UK Intellectual Property Office (GB2012773.4). SO has served as a speaker at Abbott Nutrition, a consultant of Allied Beverages Adriatic and IMLEK, and has received research funding related to creatine and/or guanidinoacetic acid from the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, AlzChem GmbH, KW Pfannenschmidt GmbH, Monster Beverage Corporation, and ThermoLife International LLC. SO does not own stocks and shares in any organization. The remaining author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Various dietary interventions upregulate Klotho protein expression/activity that further can stimulate (+) creatine uptake via creatine transporter (CT1) in the brain.
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