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Early diagnosis remains challenging due to insidious onset and lack of stage\u2010specific biomarkers. Tryptophan (TRP) metabolism is closely linked to the gut\u2013liver\u2013brain axis and is dysregulated in HE. However, most prior studies only compared a single HE model with controls, failing to uncover stage\u2010to\u2010stage dynamic alterations. Here, we quantified plasma TRP metabolites across HE stages 1\u20134 in a rat model using UPLC\u2010MS\/MS. Compared with the Sham group, ALT and AST peaked in HE2 and declined in HE3\u2013HE4, reflecting massive acute hepatocyte necrosis followed by enzyme exhaustion, whereas histological liver injury and modified neurological severity score (mNSS) scores progressively worsened. TRP metabolites exhibited stage\u2010dependent shifts: TRP, kynurenine, and XA fell, whereas 5\u2010HT and IAA rose in HE1; TA increased in HE2\u2010HE3; KA and XA elevated, but IPA dropped in HE4. 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