Glutamine supplementation improves intestinal barrier function in a weaned piglet model of Escherichia coli infection

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-877

  Ewaschuk, Julia B ^a   Murdoch, Gordon K ^b   Johnson, Ian R ^a   Madsen, Karen L ^a   Field, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Gastroenteritis; Immunity; Wearing

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD INTAKE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERAPY EFFECT; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WEANING;

EID: 80555156803     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001152     Document Type: Article

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