Polymorphism of the PEMT gene and susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1266-1271

  Song, Jiannan ^a,b,c   Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^a   Fischer, Leslie M ^a   Kohlmeier, Martin ^a   Kwock, Lester ^b   Wang, Shuli ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Liver function; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pregnancy; NTD; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Site directed mutagenesis; Transfection

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEMT GENE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RATS;

EID: 23444435961     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3580com     Document Type: Article

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