Glutamine and the immune system

Amino Acids

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-241

  Calder, P C ^a   Yaqoob, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cytokine; Glutamine; Infection; Lymphocyte; Macrophage; Mononuclear cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BURN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; OVEREXERTION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGERY;

EID: 0033489873     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01366922     Document Type: Review

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