... 2000 2000 alanine gluconeogenesis liver lung cancer 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy stable isotope tracers weight loss 167Clinical Science (2000) 98, 167 174 (Printed in Great Britain) Hepatic sugar phosphate levels reflect gluconeogenesis in lung cancer: simultaneous turnover...

... changes under normoxic conditions have been reported previously [8]. All metabolic changes were assessed by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects The study was conducted on the dominant fore- arm of six healthy volunteers (three females and three males...

..., Oxford, U.K., and MRC Biochemical and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Unit, Oxford Radclife Hospital, Oxford, U . K. (Received I I ]anuary/28 May I996 accepted 5 August 1996) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ ~ ~ 1. To examine metabolic correlates of insulin resist- ance in skeletal muscle, we used 31P magnetic resonance...

...]. During exercise, muscle blood flow is reduced [4], oxygen consumption is de- creased [4], oxygen extraction is increased [ S ] and lactate/pyruvate efflux is increased [4, 61. Studies of calf muscle in patients with claudication using 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) showed increased changes...

... status of the hepatocytes, and was unchanged between patients and controls. Key words: alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Abbreviations: AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate; PDE, phosphodiesters; PME, phosphomonoesters...