Creatine and creatine kinase in health and disease--a bright future ahead?

@article{Wyss2007CreatineAC,
  title={Creatine and creatine kinase in health and disease--a bright future ahead?},
  author={Markus Wyss and Olivier Braissant and Ivo Pischel and Gajja S. Salomons and Andreas Schulze and Sylvia Stockler and Theo Wallimann},
  journal={Sub-cellular biochemistry},
  year={2007},
  volume={46},
  pages={
          309-34
        }
}
Many links are reported or suspected between the functioning of creatine, phosphocreatine, the creatine kinase isoenzymes or the creatine biosynthesis enzymes on one hand, and health or disease on the other hand. The aim of the present book was to outline our current understanding on many of these links. In this chapter, we summarize the main messages and conclusions presented in this book. In addition, we refer to a number of recent publications that highlight the pleiotropy in physiological… 
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION – CREATINE : CHEAP ERGOGENIC SUPPLEMENT WITH GREAT POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE

The volume presented here, as well as a new book on “Molecular Systems Bioenergetics: Energy for Life, Basic Principles, Organization and Dynamics of Cellular Energetics”, provide a comprehensive overview of the field, with emphasis on complementary facets of this broad topic.

Functions and effects of creatine in the central nervous system

Creatine biosynthesis and transport in health and disease.

The phosphocreatine–creatine kinase system helps to shape muscle cells and keep them healthy and alive

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The authors show that it is the PCr–CK system which sustains localized ATP-dependent reactions during actin polymerization in myoblast fusion, showing its new role in energy supply for cytoskeletal remodelling.

Controlling the Flow of Energy: Inhibition and Stimulation of the Creatine Transporter

This review will examine the data and the tools that are available in rela- tion to the regulation and expression of the creatine transporter, and the possible practical relevance of manipulating the Creatine transporter activity.

Creatine and the Liver: Metabolism and Possible Interactions.

Creatine administration is known to decrease the consumption of Sadenosyl methionine and also reduce the homocysteine production in liver, diminishing fat accumulation and resulting in beneficial effects in fatty liver and non-alcoholic liver disease.

Reduced creatine kinase as a central and peripheral biomarker in Huntington's disease.

Dissociated Expression of Mitochondrial and Cytosolic Creatine Kinases in the Human Brain: A New Perspective on the Role of Creatine in Brain Energy Metabolism

A strikingly dissociated pattern of expression was found: uMtCK was found to be ubiquitously and exclusively expressed in neuronal populations, whereas BCK was dominantly expressed in astrocytes, with a low and selective expression in neurons.

Metabolic Agents that Enhance ATP can Improve Cognitive Functioning: A Review of the Evidence for Glucose, Oxygen, Pyruvate, Creatine, and L-Carnitine

Evidence suggests that several metabolic agents may prove to be effective in improving and preserving cognitive performance and may lead to better cognitive aging through the lifespan.

Disturbed energy metabolism and muscular dystrophy caused by pure creatine deficiency are reversible by creatine intake

It is shown that Cr depletion leads to several metabolic abnormalities in muscle, including reduced ATP, increased inorganic phosphate levels and reduced activities of proton‐pumping respiratory chain enzymes and an elevated glycolytic contribution in ischaemic circumstances.
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