Effect of ethanol and high-fat feeding on hepatic γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase subunit expression in the rat

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Lu, Shelly C ^a   Huang, Zong Zhi ^a   Yang, Jin May ^a   Tsukamoto, Hidekazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FAT; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LIPID DIET; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033063222     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300134     Document Type: Article

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