Glutamine as a pathogenic factor in hepa
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Jan Albrecht; Monika Doliลska
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) results from acute or chronic liver dysfunction and is associated with hyperammonemia. Ammonium ions penetrate from blood to brain, where they form glutamine (Gln) in the reaction with glutamate catalyzed by an astrogliaโspecific enzyme, glutamine synthetase