Betaine chemistry, roles, and potential use in liver disease - Day, Christopher R.; Kempson, Stephen A. (Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2016)
Keywords: Alcohol; animal models; Animals; betaine; Betaine - chemistry; Betaine - metabolism; Betaine - therapeutic use; Betaine/GABA transporter; chemistry; Fatty liver; food intake; glycine (amino acid); Hepatocyte; Humans; Kidney - metabolism; kidneys; liver; Liver - metabolism; Liver Diseases - drug therapy; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - drug therapy; liver function; livestock feeding; metabolism; Methionine cycle; Methyltransferase; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - drug therapy; osmotolerance; patients; Betaine/GABA transporter; NAFLD; Methionine cycle; Methyltransferase; SNAT; Alcohol; NASH; BHMT; Fatty liver; Hepatocyte; SIT1; ALD; AMPK; SAH; OCTN2; BGT1; SAM; DMG