Transport and utilization of arginine and arginine-containing peptides by rat alveolar macrophages

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 825-831

  Yang, Xiao Dong ^a   Ma, Jane Y C ^b   Barger, Mark W ^b   Ma, Joseph K H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Arginine containing peptides; NO production; PepT1 transporter; Substrates for iNOS

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ARGINYLGLYCINE; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; ARGINYLLYSINE; BETA ALANYLLYSINE; CEFRADINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE T1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 0036291818     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016132200104     Document Type: Article

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