Systemic activation of glutamate dehydrogenase increases renal ammoniagenesis: Implications for the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Treberg, Jason R ^a,b   Clow, Kathy A ^a   Greene, Katie A ^a   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a   Brosnan, John T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Aminobicyclo 2,2,1 heptane 2 carboxylic acid; Glutaminase; Kidney; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTANE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; INSULIN;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPERINSULINISM HYPERAMMONEMIA SYNDROME; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; KIDNEY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77952626170     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00028.2010     Document Type: Article

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