Glycine-N methyltransferase expression in HepG2 cells is involved in methyl group homeostasis by regulating transmethylation kinetics and DNA methylation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 777-782

  Wang, Yi Cheng ^a   Tang, Feng Yao ^a   Chen, Shih Yin ^a   Chen, Yi Ming ^a   Chiang, En Pei Isabel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYTIDINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOTOPE; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METHYLATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR; WASTE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYSTEINE; CYTIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 79955512914     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.135954     Document Type: Article

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