L-serine supplementation attenuates alcoholic fatty liver by enhancing homocysteine metabolism in mice and rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 260-267

  Sim, Woo Cheol ^a   Yin, Hu Quan ^a,c   Choi, Ho Sung ^a   Choi, You Jin ^a   Kwak, Hui Chan ^b   Kim, Sang Kyum ^b   Lee, Byung Hoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic fatty liver; Homocysteine; Nutrition and disease; SREBP1; Sulfur amino acid metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DEXTRAN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; MALTOSE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84964253634     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.199711     Document Type: Article

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