Arginine supplementation enhances mitogen-induced splenocyte proliferation but does not affect in vivo indicators of antigen-specific immunity in mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1146-1150

  Butler, M F Suarez ^a   Langkamp Henken, Bobbi ^a   Herrlinger Garcia, Kelli A ^a   Klash, Amy E ^a   Szczepanik, Michelle E ^a   Nieves Jr , Carmelo ^a   Cottey, Robert J ^b   Bender, Bradley S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Arginine; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Influenza; Mice

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ARGININE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; VIRUS LOAD;

INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; RODENTIA;

EID: 18344376603     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1146     Document Type: Article

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