Hyperhomocysteinaemia almost invariably occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but there is debate whether, within the group of ESRD patients, higher or lower plasma homocysteine concentrations are related to an increased risk of vascular disease...
Keywords: hyperhomocysteinaemia, renal failure, sulphur amino acid metabolism, transmethylation
10/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterKeywords: S-adenosylmethionine, DNA methylation, homocysteine metabolism, glutathione, oxidative stress, sepsis, transmethylation
10/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterIn mammalian liver, two intersecting pathways, remethylation and transsulfuration, compete for homocysteine that has been formed from methionine...
Keywords: adenosylhomocysteine, adenosylmethionine, homocysteine, Methionine, transmethylation, transsulfuration
12/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter