- Plasma serine was found higher in depression, and psychoses including schizophrenia.
- Methionine supplementation significantly increased plasma serine.
- Serine is involved in cysteine and methionine metabolism.
- Blood serine was lower in patients with hypertension.
- Blood serine was lower in patients with greater liver fat fractions, higher alanine transaminase (ALT) and triglyceride, in patients with fatty liver disease.
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