Arginine decreases Cryptosporidium parvum infection in undernourished suckling mice involving nitric oxide synthase and arginase

Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 678-685

  Castro, Ibraim C ^a,b   Oliveira, Bruna B ^a,b   Slowikowski, Jacek J ^a   Coutinho, Bruna P ^a,b   Siqueira, Francisco Júlio W S ^a,b   Costa, Lourrany B ^a,b   Sevilleja, Jesus Emmanuel ^a   Almeida, Camila A ^b   Lima, Aldo A M ^a,b   Warren, Cirle A ^a,b   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^a,b   Guerrant, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cryptosporidium parvum; Diarrhea; Growing mice; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; ILEUM; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OOCYSTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MUS;

EID: 84860601980     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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