Increased methylation demand exacerbates ethanol-induced liver injury

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-56

  Kharbanda, Kusum K ^a,b   Todero, Sandra L ^a   Thomes, Paul G ^a,b   Orlicky, David J ^c   Osna, Natalia A ^a,b   French, Samuel W ^d   Tuma, Dean J ^a,b  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Guanidinoacetate; Homocysteine; Methyl balance; Methyltransferases; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; METHYL GROUP; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PANLOBULAR MACRO VESICULAR STEATOSIS; PANLOBULAR MICRO VESICULAR STEATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; STEATOSIS;

GUANIDINOACETATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYL BALANCE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMIDINOTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; DIET; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84901478836     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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