Low glutamine concentrations induce phenotypical and functional differentiation of U937 myelomonocytic cells

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2151-2157

  Spittler, Andreas ^a   Oehler, Rudolf ^a   Goetzinger, Peter ^a   Holzer, Susanne ^a   Reissner, Carmen M ^a   Leutmezer, Fritz ^a   Rath, Veronika ^a   Wrba, Fritz ^a   Fuegger, Reinhold ^a   Boltz Nitulescu, George ^a   Roth, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Anti tumor; Cell volume; Glutaminase; Monocytic pathway

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD64 ANTIGEN; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 15444354662     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.11.2151     Document Type: Article

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