Posted by KaraS on November 14, 2004, at 17:27:13
In reply to Re: CCK sulfated/unsulfated..dopamine/CCK autoreceptor » KaraS, posted by raybakes on November 14, 2004, at 16:04:23
> We should generate our own sulphate from the amino acid cysteine, but autoimmune people tend to have a block in the enzyme 'cysteine dioxygenase' causing an accumulation of cysteine and homocysteine.
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> Ray
Ray,I have Hashimoto's which is an autoimmune problem. Does that mean that when I take NAC to prevent neurotoxicity, that it's probably not becoming glutathione and doing what I intended it to - that instead it's just accumulating as cysteine (and horrors) homocysteine???? Yikes!
Kara
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