Precursors of glutamate (Gln) Gln acts as a precursor of glutamate (Glu), equivalent to being an indirect glutathione precursor
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 46:181190 Malaguarnera M, Vacante M, Bertino G, Neri S, Malaguarnera M, Gargante MP, Motta M, Lupo L, Chisari G, Bruno CM, Pennisi G, Bella R (2011) The supplementation of acetyl-l-carnitine decreases fatigue and increases quality of life in patients with hepatitis c treated with pegylated interferon-alpha 2B plus ribavirin
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Our five-protein model achieves predictive accuracy of 0.838 (5 year area under the curve (AUC)) and 0.756 (16.6 year AUC), with performance sustained longitudinally in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort (16.6 year AUC = 0.710) and confirmed in the Southern China Inception Cohort (AUC = 0.912)