Glutamine metabolism by lymphocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils: Its importance in health and disease

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 316-324

  Newsholme, P ^a   Curi, R ^b   Pithon Curi, T C ^b   Murphy, C J ^a   Garcia, C ^b   Pires De Melo, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Diabetes; Glutamine; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL METABOLISM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER METABOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0032988358     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(99)00022-4     Document Type: Review

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