Branched-chain amino acids improve glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis

Shinobu Nishitani, Kenji Takehana, Shoji Fujitani, +1

American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Liver CirrhosisBcaa TreatmentFatty Liver DiseaseGlucose ToleranceInsulin Signaling +21

Identification and characterization of oxidized human serum albumin

Asami Kawakami, Kazuyuki Kubota, Naoyuki Yamada, +5

FEBS Journal

Lipid PeroxidationRedox BiologyOxidative StressBioanalysisAnalytical Chemistry +14

Cysteine, histidine and glycine exhibit anti-inflammatory effects in human coronary arterial endothelial cells

Shunji Hasegawa, Takashi Ichiyama, Ichiro Sonaka, +7

Clinical & Experimental Immunology

Vascular DiseaseInflammatory Lung DiseaseAmino AcidsLung InflammationImmunology +25

Leucine promotes glucose uptake in skeletal muscles of rats

Shinobu Nishitani, Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Shoji Fujitani, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Animal PhysiologyPhysiologyDiabetesMetabolismMedicine +3

Oral administration of branched-chain amino acids activates the mTOR signal in cirrhotic rat liver

T MATSUMURA, Yasushi Morinaga, Shoji Fujitani, +3

Hepatology Research

Amino acids exhibit anti-inflammatory effects in human monocytic leukemia cell line, THP-1 cells

Shunji Hasegawa, Takashi Ichiyama, Ichiro Sonaka, +6

Inflammation Research

InflammationCytokineAnti-inflammatoryThp-1 CellsAmino Acids +9

Localization of polypyrimidine-tract-binding protein is involved in the regulation of albumin synthesis by branched-chain amino acids in HepG2 cells

Masashi Kuwahata, Tomoyo Yoshimura, Yukiko Sawai, +10

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Protein FunctionBiochemistryG Protein-coupled ReceptorProtein FoldingNatural Sciences +8

The glycine analogue, aminomethanesulfonic acid, inhibits LPS-induced production of TNF-α in isolated rat Kupffer cells and exerts hepatoprotective effects in mice

Sonoko Ishizaki-Koizumi, Ichiro Sonaka, Yoshiyuki Takei, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

InflammationAminomethanesulfonic AcidCytokineAnti-inflammatoryBiochemistry +11

l-Cysteine administration prevents liver fibrosis by suppressing hepatic stellate cell proliferation and activation

Takashi Horie, Isao Sakaida, Fumihiko Yokoya, +3

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Liver FibrosisPathologyFatty Liver DiseaseCholangiopathiesCirrhosis +14

Mechanisms of the Protective Effect of l-Alanine to d-Galactosamine-Induced Hepatocellular Injury: Comparative Studies of l-Alanine and Pyruvate

Sonoko Ishizaki-Koizumi, Ichiro Sonaka, Shoji Fujitani, +1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

BiochemistryD-galactosamine-induced Hepatocellular InjuryMedicineLiver PhysiologyPhysiology +9