Search Results - "GRUCA, Lourdes L"

Increased mitochondrial arginine metabolism supports bioenergetics in asthma by Xu, Weiling, Ghosh, Sudakshina, Comhair, Suzy A A, Asosingh, Kewal, Janocha, Allison J, Mavrakis, Deloris A, Bennett, Carole D, Gruca, Lourdes L, Graham, Brian B, Queisser, Kimberly A, Kao, Christina C, Wedes, Samuel H, Petrich, John M, Tuder, Rubin M, Kalhan, Satish C, Erzurum, Serpil C

“…High levels of arginine metabolizing enzymes, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase (ARG), are typical in asthmatic airway epithelium;…”
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Methionine and protein metabolism in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: evidence for lower rate of transmethylation of methionine by Kalhan, Satish C, Edmison, John, Marczewski, Susan, Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole, Duenas, Clarita, Lopez, Rocio

“…Hepatic metabolism of methionine is the source of cysteine, the precursor of glutathione, the major intracellular antioxidant in the body. Methionine also is…”
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Evaluation of tracer labelled methionine load test in vitamin B-12 deficient adolescent women by Bhat, Dattatray S, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole D, Katre, Prachi, Kurpad, Anura V, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Kalhan, Satish C

“…Methionine loading test (MLT) has been used primarily to identify defects in transsulfuration of homocysteine in cystathionine beta synthase deficiency. It may…”
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Metabolic and Genomic Response to Dietary Isocaloric Protein Restriction in the Rat by Kalhan, Satish C., Uppal, Sonal O., Moorman, Jillian L., Bennett, Carole, Gruca, Lourdes L., Parimi, Prabhu S., Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Serre, David, Hanson, Richard W.

“…We have examined hepatic, genomic, and metabolic responses to dietary protein restriction in the non-pregnant Sprague-Dawley rat. Animals were pair-fed either…”
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Glycine and urea kinetics in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in human: effect of intralipid infusion by Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Kasumov, Takhar, Edmison, John M, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole, Duenas, Clarita, Marczewski, Susan, McCullough, Arthur J, Hanson, Richard W, Kalhan, Satish C

“…The rates of oxidation of glycine and ureagenesis were quantified in the basal state and in response to an intravenous infusion of intralipid with heparin (IL)…”
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Methionine metabolism in human pregnancy by Dasarathy, Jaividhya, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole, Parimi, Prabhu S, Duenas, Clarita, Marczewski, Susan, Fierro, Julie L, Kalhan, Satish C

“…BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia during pregnancy, which is a consequence of perturbations in methionine and/or folate metabolism, has been implicated in…”
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Metabolism of Methionine in the Newborn Infant: Response to the Parenteral and Enteral Administration of Nutrients by Thomas, Biju, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole, Parimi, Prabhu S, Hanson, Richard W, Kalhan, Satish C

“…The rates of transmethylation and transsulfuration of methionine were quantified using [1- 13 C]methionine and [C 2 H 3 ]methionine tracers in newborn infants…”
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Simultaneous assay of isotopic enrichment and concentration of guanidinoacetate and creatine by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry by Kasumov, Takhar, Gruca, Lourdes L., Dasarathy, Srinivasan, Kalhan, Satish C.

“…A gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) method for the simultaneous measurement of isotopic enrichment and concentration of guanidinoacetate (GAA) and…”
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Effect of intravenous amino acids on glutamine and protein kinetics in low-birth-weight preterm infants during the immediate neonatal period by Kadrofske, Mark M, Parimi, Prabhu S, Gruca, Lourdes L, Kalhan, Satish C

“…Glutamine may be a conditionally essential amino acid in low-birth-weight (LBW) preterm neonates. Exogenously administered amino acids, by providing…”
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Glutamine supplement with parenteral nutrition decreases whole body proteolysis in low birth weight infants by Kalhan, Satish C., Parimi, Prabhu S., Gruca, Lourdes L., Hanson, Richard W.

“…To examine the effect of supplemental glutamine (0.6 g.kg −1.d −1) on whole body protein/nitrogen and glutamine kinetics in low birth weight (LBW) infants…”
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Effect of enteral glutamine or glycine on whole-body nitrogen kinetics in very-low-birth-weight infants by PARIMI, Prabhu S, DEVAPATLA, Srisatish, GRUCA, Lourdes L, AMINI, Saeid B, HANSON, Richard W, KALHAN, Satish C

“…Glutamine is a critical amino acid for the metabolism of enterocytes, lymphocytes, and other proliferating cells. Although supplementation with glutamine has…”
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Metabolism of threonine in newborn infants by Parimi, Prabhu S, Gruca, Lourdes L, Kalhan, Satish C

“…Threonine kinetics, threonine oxidative pathway, and the relationship between threonine and whole body protein turnover were quantified in 10 healthy term…”
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Amino acids, glutamine, and protein metabolism in very low birth weight infants by PARIMI, Prabhu S, KADROFSKE, Mark M, GRUCA, Lourdes L, HANSON, Richard W, KALHAN, Satish C

“…Glutamine has been proposed to be conditionally essential for premature infants, and the currently used parenteral nutrient mixtures do not contain glutamine…”
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Serine metabolism in human pregnancy by Kalhan, Satish C, Gruca, Lourdes L, Parimi, Prabhu S, O'Brien, Alicia, Dierker, Leroy, Burkett, Ed

“…Serine plays an important role in intermediary metabolism as a source of one carbon pool for nucleotide biosynthesis, as a precursor for glycine and glucose,…”
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Relation between transamination of branched-chain amino acids and urea synthesis: evidence from human pregnancy by Kalhan, S C, Rossi, K Q, Gruca, L L, Super, D M, Savin, S M

“…Protein and nitrogen (N) accretion by the mother is a major adaptive response to pregnancy in humans and animals to meet the demands of the growing conceptus…”
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Methionine metabolism in human pregnancy123 by Dasarathy, Jaividhya, Gruca, Lourdes L, Bennett, Carole, Parimi, Prabhu S, Duenas, Clarita, Marczewski, Susan, Fierro, Julie L, Kalhan, Satish C

“…Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia during pregnancy, which is a consequence of perturbations in methionine and/or folate metabolism, has been implicated in…”
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Effect of enteral glutamine or glycine on whole-body nitrogen kinetics in very-low-birth-weight infants123 by Parimi, Prabhu S, Devapatla, Srisatish, Gruca, Lourdes L, Amini, Saeid B, Hanson, Richard W, Kalhan, Satish C

“…Glutamine is a critical amino acid for the metabolism of enterocytes, lymphocytes, and other proliferating cells. Although supplementation with glutamine has…”
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