Sulfur amino acid metabolism limits the growth of children living in environments of poor sanitation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-382

  Bickler, Stephen W ^a,b   Ring, Jason ^b   Maio, Antonio De ^b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD GROWTH; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; CHILD; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; ENTEROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; METHIONINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION;

EID: 84860405443     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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