"Ethionine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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2-Amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acid. An antimetabolite and methionine antagonist that interferes with amino acid incorporation into proteins and with cellular ATP utilization. It also produces liver neoplasms.
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D005001
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.030.388 D12.125.166.388
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethionine" by people in Profiles.
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Gray KD, Simovic MO, Blackwell TS, Christman JW, May AK, Parman KS, Chapman WC, Stain SC. Activation of nuclear factor kappa B and severe hepatic necrosis may mediate systemic inflammation in choline-deficient/ethionine-supplemented diet-induced pancreatitis. Pancreas. 2006 Oct; 33(3):260-7.
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Cai J, Sun WM, Hwang JJ, Stain SC, Lu SC. Changes in S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in human liver cancer: molecular characterization and significance. Hepatology. 1996 Nov; 24(5):1090-7.