S-adenosylmethionine metabolism and liver disease

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Mato, José M ^a   Martínez Chantar, M Luz ^a   Lu, Shelly C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Livercirrhosis; Methionine; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNTHETASE; THYMIDINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERMETHYLATION; HYPOMETHYLATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METHYLATION; NON ALCOHOLIC LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATTY LIVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 84885581366     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31355-9     Document Type: Review

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