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Table 5 Down syndrome: Clinical and model metabolic changes (%)*

From: A mathematical model of glutathione metabolism

substrate

clinical change

CBS × 1.5 H2O2 normal

CBS × 1.5 H2O2 × 2.5

Hcy

-24

-29

-35

Met

-47

-5

-15

bCys

15

0.2

13

bGSH

-14

0.2

-2

SAM

-18

-21

-48

SAH

-22

-26

-49

Cys

--

2

-55

5mTHF

--

29

117

CH2-THF

--

-14

-51

10fTHF

--

-7

-34

  1. * Clinical data in Column 1 are % changes in blood levels of metabolites averaged over 42 Down patients compared to 38 control patients [13]. Columns 2 and 3 show % changes in model values. In columns 2 and 3, bCys and bGSH indicate model blood concentrations, and the other metabolites are intracellular. Column 2 shows the effect of increasing the dosage of CBS by a factor of 1.5. Column 3 shows the effect of increased CBS combined with moderate oxidative stress. For discussion, see the text.