Glutamine, exercise, and the immune system - Is there a link?

Exercise Immunology Review

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 49-63

  Rohde, Thomas ^a   Krzywkowski, Karen ^a   Pedersen, Bente Klarlund ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATHLETE; CATABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; NITROGEN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

EID: 0031835418     PISSN: 10775552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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