Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase Activity and Dietary Choline Regulate Liver-Plasma Lipid Flux and Essential Fatty Acid Metabolism in Mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3386-3391

  Watkins, Steven M ^a   Zhu, Xiaonan ^b   Zeisel, Steven H ^b  

^a Lipomics Technologies   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential fatty acids; Lipid metabolism; Metabolomics; Phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLINE; CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FATTY LIVER; GENE DISRUPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIVER LEVEL; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242577796     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.11.3386     Document Type: Article

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