N-acetyl-L-glutamine, a liquid-stable source of glutamine, partially prevents changes in body weight and on intestinal immunity induced by protein energy malnutrition in pigs

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 650-658

  López Pedrosa, José M ^a   Manzano, Manuel ^a   Baxter, Jeffrey H ^b   Rueda, Ricardo ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (Spain)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Intestinal immunity; Malnutrition; N acetyl L glutamine; Pig

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CASEIN; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; ILEUM MUCOSA; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD, FORMULATED; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEROXIDASE; PEYER'S PATCHES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SWINE; VITAMIN K; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33847196458     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9500-y     Document Type: Article

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