THE PURSER WELLNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA
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What’s searchable?Explore an essential amino acid and its role in the body. Understand the connection Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid obtained from food. The body can convert it to tyrosine, which helps provide building blocks for catecholamines an…
This TNF promoter variant appears in Dr. Purser’s discussion of inflammatory signaling. Understand the connection TNF rs1799724 is another promoter-region variant, commonly described as -857 C>T. It is distinct from rs1800629, even though …
Membranous nephropathy affects the kidney’s filtering units. Understand the connection NELL-1 is an antigen associated with a subset of membranous nephropathy, a condition affecting the kidney’s filtering barrier. Protein leakage into urin…
A compound made in the body that participates in the citric acid cycle and amino-acid metabolism. Also called: Alpha-Ketoglutarate What it does A compound made in the body that participates in the citric acid cycle and amino-acid metabolism…
A molecule made from glutamate, cysteine and glycine that participates in cellular redox balance. Also called: Glutathione (GSH), GSH Making, using and recycling glutathione Your body makes glutathione from three building blocks. Several ge…
An amino-acid-related compound involved in normal body chemistry. Also called: Taurine Bile and nervous-system connections Taurine comes up in discussions of bile, nerves, muscles, and the heart. If several amino acids are low, your clinici…
ADIPOQ encodes adiponectin, a hormone released by fat tissue that participates in insulin sensitivity and fat metabolism. Its name often appears in discussions of triglycerides, body composition and metabolic health. Also called: Adiponecti…
The genetic-architecture chapter explains that S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) donates methyl groups and becomes S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH). Also called: Adenosylhomocysteinase Methyl-group use leaves another molecule behind The genetic-archit…
Encodes diamine oxidase, an enzyme involved in breaking down histamine and other amines. DAO is used here as an enzyme nickname; it is also the official symbol of a different gene. Also called: DAO, Amine Oxidase, Copper Containing 1, Diami…
ATG16L1 is involved in autophagy, a process that helps cells recycle parts. Also called: Autophagy-Related 16-Like 1 Cellular recycling meets gut immunity ATG16L1 is involved in autophagy, a process that helps cells recycle parts. It is stu…
BCO1, also called BCMO1, helps convert beta-carotene from plant foods into retinal, a form used in vitamin A metabolism. Plant carotenoids and preformed vitamin A therefore enter the pathway at different points. Also called: BCMO1, Beta-Car…
BHMT helps recycle homocysteine into methionine using betaine. It is a different route from the folate and B12 pathway. Also called: BHMT08, Betaine-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase Another route through the homocysteine map BHMT is part of…
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