Phosphatidylcholine and choline homeostasis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1187-1194

  Li, Zhaoyu ^a,b   Vance, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline recycling; Choline redistribution; Lipoproteins; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE KINASE; CHOLINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PEMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEPATITIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIPOPROTEIN SECRETION; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; CHOLINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MICE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 43249110882     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.R700019-JLR200     Document Type: Review

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