Betaine as an osmolyte in rat liver: Metabolism and cell-to-cell interactions

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-793

  Wettstein, Matthias ^a,b   Weik, Christian ^a   Holneicher, Claudia ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klin F Gastroenterol H   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031938727     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270321     Document Type: Article

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