Differences in betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase expression, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, and liver injury between alcohol-fed mice and rats

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 796-805

  Shinohara, Masao ^a   Ji, Cheng ^a   Kaplowitz, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; INOSITOL; LIPID; METHIONINE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FATTY LIVER; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ETHANOL; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950612408     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23391     Document Type: Article

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