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Shelly C Lu

Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Director, Karsh Division of …
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Regulation of glutathione synthesis

SC Lu - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Glutathione (GSH) is a ubiquitous intracellular peptide with diverse functions that include
detoxification, antioxidant defense, maintenance of thiol status, and modulation of cell …

Glutathione synthesis

SC Lu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Glutathione (GSH) is present in all mammalian tissues as the most abundant
non-protein thiol that defends against oxidative stress. GSH is also a key determinant of …

Regulation of hepatic glutathione synthesis: current concepts and controversies

SC Lu - The FASEB journal, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Glutathione (GSH) is an important intracellular peptide with multiple functions ranging from
antioxidant defense to modulation of cell proliferation. GSH is synthesized in the cytosol of all …

Characterization and comprehensive proteome profiling of exosomes secreted by hepatocytes

…, R Matthiesen, M Valle, F Elortza, SC Lu… - Journal of proteome …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Exosomes represent a discrete population of vesicles that are secreted from various cell
types to the extracellular media. Their protein and lipid composition are a consequence of …

S-adenosylmethionine

SC Lu - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2000 - Elsevier
S-Adenosyl-lmethionine (SAM) is an important molecule in normal cell function and survival.
SAM is utilized by three key metabolic pathways: transmethylation; transsulfuration; and …

S-adenosylmethionine in Liver Health, Injury, and Cancer

SC Lu, JM Mato - Physiological reviews, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet, also known as SAM and SAMe) is the principal biological
methyl donor synthesized in all mammalian cells but most abundantly in the liver. …

Methionine adenosyltransferase 1A knockout mice are predisposed to liver injury and exhibit increased expression of genes involved in proliferation

SC Lu, L Alvarez, ZZ Huang, L Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Liver-specific and nonliver-specific methionine adenosyltransferases (MATs) are products
of two genes, MAT1A and MAT2A, respectively, that catalyze the formation of S-…

S-Adenosylmethionine: a control switch that regulates liver function

JM Mato, FJ Corrales, SC Lu, MA Avila - 2002 - dadun.unav.edu
Genome sequence analysis reveals that all organisms synthesize S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)
and that a large fraction of all genes is AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases. …

NASH leading cause of liver transplant in women: updated analysis of indications for liver transplant and ethnic and gender variances

M Noureddin, A Vipani, C Bresee, T Todo… - Official journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) was previously the leading
indication for liver transplant (LT) in the United States. However, since 2014 the use of direct-…

Current concepts in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver injury

H Tsukamoto, SC Lu - The FASEB Journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) develops as a consequence of priming and sensitizing mecha
nisms rendered by cross‐interactions of primary mech anistic factors and secondary risk …