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Investigation of betaine as a novel psychotherapeutic for schizophreniaResearch in context

EBioMedicine, 2019
Background: Betaine is known to act against various biological stresses and its levels were reported to be decreased in schizophrenia patients. We aimed to test the role of betaine in schizophrenia pathophysiology, and to evaluate its potential as a ...
Tetsuo Ohnishi, Shabeesh Balan, Manabu Toyoshima, Motoko Maekawa, Hisako Ohba, Akiko Watanabe, Yoshimi Iwayama, Yuko Fujita, Yunfei Tan, Yasuko Hisano, Chie Shimamoto-Mitsuyama, Yayoi Nozaki, Kayoko Esaki, Atsuko Nagaoka, Junya Matsumoto, Mizuki Hino, Nobuko Mataga, Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Kenji Hashimoto, Yasuto Kunii, Akiyoshi Kakita, Hirooki Yabe, Takeo Yoshikawa   +22 more
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The role of exogenous glycinebetaine on some antioxidant activity of non-T and T tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) under in vitro salt stress

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2021
Glycine betaine is an osmoprotectant compound which enhances cell tolerance in plant species in response to environmental stresses. This study aimed to investigate the effect of exogenous application of glycine betaine on some antioxidant activities of ...
Marzeih VAHID DASTJERDI, Ali Akbar EHSANPOUR, Amir Hossein FORGHANI   +2 more
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Impact of dietary changes on hepatic homocysteine metabolism in young broilers [PDF]

, 2004
Information regarding the impact of sulfur amino acids (SAA) on hepatic homocysteine (Hcy) flux through the various metabolic pathways competing for Hcy in young broilers is lacking. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of varying levels of
Emmert, Jason L., Ganson, Fauna M., Pillai, Padmakumar   +2 more
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Maternal nutritional status, C1 metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: a review of current evidence in human subjects. [PDF]

, 2011
: Evidence is growing for the long-term effects of environmental factors during early-life on later disease susceptibility. It is believed that epigenetic mechanisms (changes in gene function not mediated by DNA sequence alteration), particularly DNA ...
Cox, SE, Dominguez-Salas, P, Hennig, BJ, Moore, SE, Prentice, AM   +4 more
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Betaine affects muscle lipid metabolism via regulating the fatty acid uptake and oxidation in finishing pig

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2017
Background Betaine affects fat metabolism in animals, but the specific mechanism is still not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible mechanisms of betaine in altering lipid metabolism in muscle tissue in finishing pigs.
Sisi Li, Haichao Wang, Xinxia Wang, Yizhen Wang, Jie Feng   +4 more
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Dietary betaine supplementation improves growth performance, digestive function, intestinal integrity, immunity, and antioxidant capacity of yellow-feathered broilers

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2021
To investigate the effects of dietary betaine supplementation on the growth performance, digestive function, intestinal integrity, immunity, and antioxidant capacity of yellow-feathered broilers, a total of 400 one-day-old female yellow-feathered ...
Yuduo Song, Rui Chen, Mi Yang, Qiang Liu, Yanmin Zhou, Su Zhuang   +5 more
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Urinary N-methylnicotinamide and β-aminoisobutyric acid predict catch-up growth in undernourished Brazilian children [PDF]

, 2015
Enteric infections, enteropathy and undernutrition in early childhood are preventable risk factors for child deaths, impaired neurodevelopment, and later life metabolic diseases.
Guerrant, RL, Havt, A, Leite, Á, Lima, AAM, Lima, NL, Mayneris-Perxachs, J, Moore, SR, Moura, AF, Pinkerton, R, Soares, AM, Swann, JR   +10 more
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Effects of phosphatidylcholine and betaine supplements on women's serum choline

Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2019
Background: Maternal phosphatidylcholine supplements have shown benefit in the development of the human fetal brain, as assessed both by newborn physiological measurements and by a related decrease in later childhood behavioral abnormalities.
M. Camille Hoffman, Ann Olincy, Angelo D'Alessandro, Julie A. Reisz, Kirk C. Hansen, Sharon K. Hunter, Robert Freedman, Randal G. Ross   +7 more
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A placebo-controlled trial of folic acid and betaine in identical twins with Angelman syndrome. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundAngelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by maternal genetic deficiency of a gene that encodes E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase (gene symbol UBE3A) mapping to chromosome 15q11-q13.
Anselm, Irina, Bacino, Carlos A, Bichell, Terry Jo, Bird, Lynne M, Golden, Stephanie, Han, Julia, Kimonis, Virginia, Peters, Sarika U, Waisbren, Susan   +8 more
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Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus : chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategies [PDF]

, 2008
The moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus is the paradigm for chloride dependent growth in prokaryotes. Recent experiments shed light on the molecular basis of the chloride dependence that is reviewed here.
Saum, Stephan H., Müller, Volker
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