Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 227-234 , April 2005

Role of methionine adenosyltransferase and S-adenosylmethionine in alcohol-associated liver cancer

  • Shelly C. Lu

      Affiliations

    • USC Research Center for Liver Diseases, USC-UCLA Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases, Keck School of Medicine USC, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, HMR Building, Room 415, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine USC, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. Tel.: +1-323-442-2441; fax: +1-323-442-3234.
    • ,
  • José M. Mato

      Affiliations

    • CIC Biogune, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Bizkaia

Received 11 February 2005 ,Accepted 27 March 2005.

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