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Physiological BCAA catabolism supports M2-like oxidative metabolism and repair functions, whereas chronic overload of BCAA and its catabolic metabolites in diabetes may promote pro-inflammatory responses through multiple pathways. Disruptions in BCAA metabolism mediate the remodeling of macrophage immunometabolism and polarization imbalance, thereby inducing the onset and progression of metabolic inflammation in diabetes. Accordingly, this study will conduct a systematic literature search in PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to review the mechanisms by which BCAA metabolic disorders in diabetes mediate the immunometabolic reprogramming of macrophages and regulate the imbalance in M1\/M2 polarization. Current evidence suggests that BCAA metabolic dysregulation can drive macrophage metabolic reprogramming through multiple pathways, leading to an imbalance in M1\/M2 polarization and promoting diabetes-associated metabolic inflammation. Importantly, interventions including low-BCAA diets, caloric restriction, exercise, activators of BCAA catabolism, PPAR\u03b3 agonists, berberine, ginsenoside Rb1, mulberry leaf and twig extracts, probiotics, and other gut microbiota-targeted strategies have shown potential to modulate BCAA metabolism, improve insulin sensitivity, and alleviate metabolic inflammation. Therefore, BCAA metabolism may serve as a critical link connecting metabolic dysregulation in diabetes with macrophage immunometabolic reprogramming and chronic inflammatory responses. 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