The interplay between glucose metabolism and that of the two other primary nutrient classes, amino acids and fatty acids is critical for regulated insulin secretion. Mitochondrial metabolism of glucose, amino acid and...
AIM:To investigate the neuroprotective potential of ciclosporin during acute liver failure. We evaluated the effect of intrathecally administered ciclosporin on intracranial pressure, brain water content and aquaporin...
This study was supported by a grant from the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (No. 7092085).
Glucose is derived from three sources: intestinal absorption, glycogenolysis, and gluconeogenesis.Hypoglycemia in child is often attributed to depletion of glycogen stores. However, recently, congenital hyperinsulini...
Objective To evaluate the relationship among Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection, blood ammonia concentrations , and hepatic encephalopathy (HE) status, and to investigate the effect of Hp eradication on blood ammonia ...
Supported by funding from the Spanish Ministry of Health (grants # PI040384 and # 03/155-2002) awarded to the Spanish Network of Hepatic Encephalopathy Research and a grant from PAI (CTS-532)
AIM: To assess whether portacaval anastomosis (PCA) in rats affects the protein expression and/or activity of glutaminase in kidneys, intestines and in three brain areas of cortex, basal ganglia and cerebellum and ...