Hepatic Transmethylation Reactions in Micropigs with Alcoholic Liver Disease

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1303-1310

  Villanueva, Jesus A ^a   Halsted, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSMETHYLATION;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); METHYLTRANSFERASES; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 2342521994     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20168     Document Type: Article

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