Betaine protects chronic alcohol and ω-3 PUFA-mediated down-regulations of PON1 gene, serum PON1 and homocysteine thiolactonase activities with restoration of liver GSH

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Varatharajalu, Ravi ^b   Garige, Mamatha ^b   Leckey, Leslie C ^a   Gong, Maokai ^b   Lakshman, M Raj ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fish Oil; Glutathione; Homocysteine Thiolactonase; Paraoxonase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; BETAINE; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONASE; MENHADEN OIL; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY LIVER; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BETAINE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

RATTUS;

EID: 77749258483     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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