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Endocrine Abstracts (2005) 10 P43

SFE2005 Poster Presentations Growth and development (5 abstracts)

Plasma cortisol and methyl group metabolism in lean and obese sheep before and after feeding

DS Gardner 1 , R Singh 2 , ME Symonds 1 & KD Sinclair 2


1 School of Human Development, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom


Background: Programmed disruption of the methionine cycle elevates plasma homocysteine concentrations leading to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Elements of this cycle are glucocorticoid responsive. Here we measured plasma cortisol, cysteine, homocysteine, glutathione and its breakdown product cysteinyl-glycine in the fed and fasted state in sheep.

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196th Meeting of the Society for Endocrinology and Society for Endocrinology joint Endocrinology and Diabetes Day

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