Abstract
The findings obtained in this laboratory and others over the past decade are discussed in order to formulate a thesis, indicating the adverse action of ethanol on a vital methylation process in the liver. Evidence is shown that the rat may have a means of compensating for this impairment in methylation whereas humans do not have this same ability to protect against this action of ethanol. These considerations may offer a basis of why rats are apparently more resistant to alcoholic liver injury than humans.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 789-791 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Life Sciences |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)