Role of elevated S-adenosylhomocysteine in rat hepatocyte apoptosis: Protection by betaine

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1883-1890

  Kharbanda, Kusum K ^a,b   Rogers II, David D ^a   Mailliard, Mark E ^a,b   Siford, Gerri L ^b   Barak, Anthony J ^a,b   Beckenhauer, Harriet C ^a   Sorrell, Michael F ^a,b   Tuma, Dean J ^a,b  

^a VA Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Apoptosis; Betaine; Hepatocytes; Methylation; S adenosylhomocysteine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETAINE; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETAINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPROTECTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ETHANOL; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; METHYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

EID: 27744528446     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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