Abnormal Hepatic Methionine and Glutathione Metabolism in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Lee, Taunia D ^a   Sadda, Mamatha R ^a   Mendler, Michel H ^a   Bottiglieri, Teodoro ^b   Kanel, Gary ^a   Mato, José M ^c   Lu, Shelly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcoholic Hepatitis; GSH; Methionine Metabolism; S Adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIVER ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; METHIONINE METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642453886     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000108654.77178.03     Document Type: Article

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