Metabolism — Flashcards

Down syndrome presents with _____ inhibin A

Toxin B from Clostridium difficile causes _____ (cytoskeleton disruption),thereby causing pseudomembranous colitis and diarrhea.

Dietary ingestion of which amino acids (3) should be restricted in patients with maple syrup urine disease? _____

Carcinoid tumors are characterized by increased excretion of _____ in the urine

The enzyme glutathione peroxidase requires a reducing agent, which is provided in the form of _____

What are the two starting substrates of folate synthesis (prokaryotes)?_____

In chronic renal failure, decreased production of the active form of vitamin _____ by the kidney contributes to decreased ionized Ca2+

Is unconjugated (indirect) bilirubin water soluble?_____

Can mineralocorticoids still be produced if the mineralocorticoid pathway is blocked below the level of DOC (i.e. absence of 11-hydroxylase or aldosterone synthase)?_____

Osteomalacia/rickets is characterized by _____ serum PO43-