Phosphate-activated glutaminase activity is enhanced in brain, intestine and kidneys of rats following portacaval anastomosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2406-2411

  Romero Gómez, Manuel ^a   Jover, María ^b   Díaz Gómez, Daniel ^a   de Terán, Laura Collantes ^b   Rodrigo, Regina ^c   Camacho, Inés ^a   Echevarría, Miriam ^b   Felipo, Vicente ^c   Bautista, Juan D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio de Neurobiologia de Prince Felipe Research Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Hyperammonaemia; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Protein content; Sham operated

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINASE; PHOSPHATE; PHTHALALDEHYDE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ISOLATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; DUODENUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE TARGETING; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646480226     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2406     Document Type: Article

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