Emerging aspects of gut sulfur amino acid metabolism

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Burrin, Douglas G ^a,b   Stoll, Barbara ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Homocysteine; Inflammatory bowel disease; Methionine

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; POLYAMINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENTERITIS; EPIGENETICS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METHYLATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CYSTEINE; DNA METHYLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METHIONINE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 33845390056     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3280115d36     Document Type: Review

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