Betaine supplementation prevents fatty liver induced by a high-fat diet: Effects on one-carbon metabolism

Amino Acids

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 839-846

  Deminice, Rafael ^a,b   Da Silva, Robin P ^a,c   Lamarre, Simon G ^a   Kelly, Karen B ^c   Jacobs, René L ^c   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a   Brosnan, John T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betaine; High fat diet; Liver; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; 2-ACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARBON; GNMT PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BHMT GENE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FAT CONTENT; FAT INTAKE; FAT MASS; FATTY LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GNMT GENE; HISTOLOGY; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MGAT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CARBON; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY LIVER; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84925012895     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1913-x     Document Type: Article

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