Effect of transgenic extrahepatic expression of betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase on alcohol or homocysteine-induced fatty liver

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1049-1058

  Ji, Cheng ^a   Shinohara, Masao ^a   Vance, Dennis ^b   Than, Tin Aung ^a   Ookhtens, Murad ^a   Chan, Christine ^a   Kaplowitz, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Betaine; BHMT; Hyperhomocysteinemia; PC PE Ratio; SAM

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIET; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 44349124501     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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