Integrative physiology of splanchnic glutamine and ammonium metabolism

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 278, Issue 3 41-3, 2000, Pages

  Yang, Dawei ^a   Hazey, Jeffrey W ^a   David, France ^a   Singh, Jittendra ^a   Rivchum, Ryan ^a   Streem, Jason M ^a   Halperin, Mitchell L ^b   Brunengraber, Henri ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

Gluconeogenesis; Intestinal tract; Liver; Mass spectrometry; Proteins; Urea; Zonation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; DOG; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0034014966     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.3.e469     Document Type: Article

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