Why is L-glutamine metabolism important to cells of the immune system in health, postinjury, surgery or infection?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Newsholme, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Immune system; Infection; Metabolism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOKINE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RNA; SUPEROXIDE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INJURY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; STRESS; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURGERY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; RATS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034843181     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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