Alleviation of alcoholic liver injury by betaine involves an enhancement of antioxidant defense via regulation of sulfur amino acid metabolism

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-298

  Jung, Young Suk ^a   Kim, Sun Ju ^a   Kwon, Do Young ^a   Ahn, Chul Won ^a   Kim, Young Soon ^b   Choi, Dal Woong ^b   Kim, Young Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver injury; Betaine; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAINE; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOSOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETAINE; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYSTEINE; CYTOSOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; ORGAN SIZE; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84884388379     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.08.049     Document Type: Article

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