Variation in gastric alcohol dehydrogenase and the risk of alcohol dependence
Alcohol dependence is both a medical and socioeconomic problem. The disease is multifactorial, i.e. its development is attributable to gene-gene and gene-environment interactions.
Paulina Całka +3 more
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Introduction: Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) isoenzymes and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) exist in the brain. Alcohol dehydrogenase and ALDH are also present in brain tumor cells.
Wojciech Jelski +5 more
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Hepatic Deficiency of Augmenter of Liver Regeneration Exacerbates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury and Promotes Fibrosis in Mice. [PDF]
Why only a subpopulation (about 15%) of humans develops liver cirrhosis due to alcohol is a critical as yet unanswered question. Liver-specific depletion of augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) protein in mice causes robust steatosis and hepatocyte ...
Sudhir Kumar +3 more
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Factsheet: Alcohol, crime and disorder in the night-time economy [PDF]
The rapid expansion in recent years of the night-time economy (NTE) - now an important part of the leisure, tourism and service industries - raises serious crime and public health ...
Alcohol Concern +2 more
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Alcohol Dehydrogenase of a Novel Algae Fermentation Strain Meyerozyma guilliermondii [PDF]
The production of bioethanol from algae has attracted wide attention in the field of energy. A novel algae fermentation strain, Meyerozyma guilliermondii, can produce alginate mlyase and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) at the same time.
W. Zhang +4 more
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Functional characterization of SlscADH1, a fruit-ripening associated short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase of tomato [PDF]
A tomato short-chain dehydrogenase-reductase (SlscADH1) is preferentially expressed in fruit with a maximum expression at the breaker stage while expression in roots, stems, leaves and flowers is very weak.
Moummou, Hanane +8 more
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Proteomic comparison of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar and the role of E. histolytica alcohol dehydrogenase 3 in virulence. [PDF]
The protozoan intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects millions of people worldwide and is capable of causing amebic dysentery and amebic liver abscess.
Davis Paul H. +26 more
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Glycerol dehydrogenase: Structure, specificity, and mechanism of a family III polyol dehydrogenase [PDF]
Background: Bacillus stearothermophilus glycerol dehydrogenase (GlyDH) (glycerol:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.6) catalyzes the oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone (1,3-dihydroxypropanone) with concomitant reduction of NAD+ to NADH.
Baker PJ +26 more
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Zinc-glutathione in Chinese Baijiu prevents alcohol-associated liver injury
Zinc depletion is associated with alcohol-associated liver injury. We tested the hypothesis that increasing zinc availability along with alcohol consumption prevents alcohol-associated liver injury.
Yinrui Feng +6 more
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A non-synonymous variant in ADH1B is strongly associated with prenatal alcohol use in a European sample of pregnant women. [PDF]
Pregnant women are advised to abstain from alcohol despite insufficient evidence on the fetal consequences of moderate prenatal alcohol use. Mendelian randomization could help distinguish causal effects from artifacts due to residual confounding and ...
Sayal, K +15 more
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