L-arginine: A unique amino acid for improving depressed wound immune function following hemorrhage

European Surgical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-60

  Angele, Martin K ^a,b   Nitsch, Stefan M ^a   Hatz, Rudolf A ^a   Angele, Peter ^b   Hernandez Richter, Thomas ^a   Wichmann, Mathias W ^a   Chaudry, Irshad H ^c   Schildberg, Friedrich W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic shock; Immune depression; Organ blood flow; Wound exudate cells; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MICROSPHERE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUTROPHILS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036184479     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048888     Document Type: Article

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