Alcoholic liver disease and methionine metabolism

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-165

  Kharbanda, Kusum K ^a,b  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Betaine; Homocysteine; Methyltransferases; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ETHANOL; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 67649980707     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: 10988971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214371     Document Type: Review

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