Arginine and macrophage activation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 844, Issue , 2012, Pages 223-235

  Comalada, Mònica ^a   Yeramian, Andree ^a   Modolell, Manuel ^b   Lloberas, Jorge ^a   Celada, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative activation; Cationinc amino acid transporters; Citruline; Classical activation; Heterodimeric amino acid transporters; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84856248107     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-527-5_16     Document Type: Article

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