Host defense-A role for the amino acid taurine?

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-48

  Staple Ton, Philip P ^a,b   Phu ^a,b   O'Flaherty, Lean ^a,b   Paul Redmond, H ^a,b   Bouchier Hayes, David J ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAURINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; NEUTROPHILS; TAURINE;

ARENA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031974848     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014860719802200142     Document Type: Article

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