Choline deficiency-induced liver damage is reversible in Pemt-/- mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-71

  Waite, K A ^a   Cabilio, N R ^a   Vance, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choline deficiency; Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase knockout mice

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; CITICOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER INJURY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036137815     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.1.68     Document Type: Article

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