Immunostimulating effect of oral glutamine

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1752-1754

  Gismondo, M R ^a   Drago, L ^b   Fassina, M C ^b   Vaghi, I ^b   Abbiatt, R ^b   Grossi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Athymic mice; Glutamine; Immunostimulation; Interleukin 2; T cells

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031827688     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018883603429     Document Type: Article

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