Can glutamine turn off the motor that drives systemic inflammation?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1175-1178

  Wischmeyer, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bacterial translocation; Heat shock protein; Intestinal permeability; Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; GLUTAMINE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PERMEABILITY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 18344365310     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000162686.28604.81     Document Type: Editorial

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